| Omer Arbel Office -- OAO -- is a Vancouver-based practice focused on eliminating the boundaries between the traditionally defined fields of architecture, industrial design, material research, manufacturing and invention. The practice has won some of the highest profile international design awards, and has exhibited work in some of the most celebrated venues worldwide. Omer Arbel trained as an architect in the 1990s with Enric Miralles and John and Patricia Patkau. During these early days he was centrally involved in various high profile projects, most notably the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, the Gleneagles Community Centre in West Vancouver and the new Inform store / gallery in Vancouver. |
