David Gianotten

David Gianotten is the Managing Partner – Architect of OMA, where he oversees the firm’s organizational and financial management, business strategy, and global growth, alongside leading his architectural portfolio.

David currently leads significant projects worldwide, including the Museo Egizio 2024 in Turin; the Waterkant masterplan in Rotterdam-Zuid; Amsterdam’s Bajes Kwartier, transforming a 1960s prison complex into a vibrant neighborhood of 1,350 apartments; Eindhoven’s VDMA, revitalizing an industrial site into a mixed-use urban hub; the new Koepel District in Breda, converting a Panopticon and Judicial Compound into a mixed-use area; the Innovation Partnership Schools in Amsterdam; and the Metropolitan Village, a high-rise residential building in Taipei.

Projects that David has delivered include the Gallery of the Kings at Museo Egizio (2024), AIR Circular Campus and Cooking Club in Singapore (2024), Apollolaan 171, a high-end office building in Amsterdam (2023), the Taipei Performing Arts Center (2022), Bali’s Potato Head Studios (2020), the WA Museum Boola Bardip in Perth (2020), Prince Plaza in Shenzhen (2020), White Cube LIRCAEI in Lusanga (2018), and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (2013). He also oversaw the final stages of the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012).

David’s leadership extends to curatorial projects, such as designing an opening exhibition for Powerhouse Parramatta in Australia and co-curating N*thing is Possible at the Singapore Design Centre (2022). His projects have garnered recognitions, including the NRC’s Best Architecture of 2024, Architectural Digest’s Great Design Awards (2020), and the Australian Institute of Architects Western Australian Chapter Awards (2021). David lectures globally on topics including the concept of circular design, the future of the architectural profession, the role of context in projects, and speed and risk in architecture.

David joined OMA in 2008, launched its Hong Kong office in 2009, and became Partner in 2010, leading the Asia-Pacific portfolio for seven years. Since 2015, he has been based in the Netherlands, managing OMA globally. Before OMA, he was Principal Architect at SeARCH in the Netherlands. David has taught extensively at the Architectural Urban Design and Engineering department at the Eindhoven University of Technology, where he is an alumnus.