VENICE BIENNALE
OOMBRA will be exhibiting work from May 10 - November 22nd in Venice, Italy at the TIME SPACE EXISTENSE Exhibition alongside the Venice Biennale. See more on our website: OA @ TSE
Information about the TSE on their website here
Coming up
MAY 20, 2025 OOMBRA will present at Center for Architecture + Design to celebrate our achievements for the 2024 PEA Prize Award and as an up-and-coming firm.
JULY 24, 2025 OOMBRA will be at the On the Rise Exhibition featuring the 2024 PEA Prize and Young Architect Award Winners - Register here.
2024 AIA Philadelphia design awards
DECEMBER 2024 OOMBRA awarded for the General Built category for two of our projects: Kensington National Bank + Brush Watson - Award Article,
pea prize award
NOVEMBER 2024 OOMBRA selected as the 2024 PEA Prize Recipient - Award Article.
Watch our award video!
In the office
OCTOBER 2024: Anne joins the team! Read more about her - here.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
JUNE 2024: Kensington National Bank - Furness Construction in progress!
oombra wins rfp: pittston performing arts theater
Read the articles here:
Citizens’ Voice
Times Leader
PA Homepage
SLB MASS TIMBER COMPETITION WINNER
1148 Frankford
SEPTEMBER 2023 Construction for 1148 Frankford is completed.
Read about it here!
OOMBRA in the news
22nd and Diamond St affordable housing development proposes 120 affordable senior apartments in North Philly. Here the article in the Philadelphia Inquirer - LINK HERE
OOMBRA SHORTLISTED
OOMBRA shortlisted - City of Chicago, West Garfield Park - Madison & Hamlin Mixed Use Development.
OOMBRA Shortlisted
OOMBRA shortlisted - feasibility and master plan for The Philadelphia Center of Architecture and Design.
AIA PHILLY AWARD
1148 Frankford received an Honor Award at the 2022 AIA Philadelphia Design Awards.
AIA PHILLY AWARD
ZenPointe EV Charging Hub received a 2022 AIA Philadelphia Merit Award
AIA PA AWARD
CODA Detroit received an Honor Award at the 2022 AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Awards.
Comments from the Jury included the building's "wonderful transparence" and "exciting diversity of the section creating so many types of spaces...working well with the programmatic mix inside the building...defining a really simple diagram."
aia pa award
DECEMBER 2022: Our URBAN BOATHOUSE project received an Honor Award at the 2022 AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Awards. Many thanks to AIA PA and the Jury!
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
MARCH 2022: Reed Street Builders begins construction at 1148 Frankford Ave in Fishtown.
lasting legacy
DECEMBER 2021: OOMBRA’s Discovery Park Project in Pottsville, PA receives funding grant.
pre-sales
AUGUST 2021: The condos at CODA (The Carriage House) are now available for pre-sale.
under construction
AUGUST 2021: Brush Watson well under way in Brush Park, Detroit!
aia detroit award
AUGUST 2021: “The Junction” receives an Honor Award from AIA Detroit in the unbuilt category. We are excited for the Milwaukee Junction neighborhood as the project approaches completion.
aia detroit award
AUGUST 2021: “The 112 Edmund Place Maker” receives an Honor Award from AIA Detroit in the unbuilt category.
in the studio
JUNE 2021: Dongkyu Yoon joins the team!
in the studio
FEBRUARY 2021: Yulong Li joins the team!
in the studio
JANUARY 2021: Congratulations to Kate Mooney on her completion of the Architectural Registration Exams!
AIA PHILADELPHIA AWARD
DECEMBER 2020: The Carriage House project is recognized with an AIA Philadelphia Honor Award in the Unbuilt category!
AIA PHILADELPHIA AWARD
DECEMBER 2020: The Urban Boat House project is recognized with an AIA Philadelphia Merit Award in the Unbuilt category!
groundbreaking and lihtc award
OCTOBER 19 2020: Mayor Mike Duggan holds press conference to announce the ground breaking and Low Income Housing Tax Credit award for our Brush Watson project.
Watch the press conference here
AIA DETROIT
SEPTEMBER 2020: Our Urban Boat House project is recognized with a 2020 AIA Detroit Honor Award!
the carriage house
JULY 2020: Redesigned project moves forward with approval from City Planning Commission
JUNE 2020: Project receives full support from Detroit Historic Commission
in the studio
MARCH 2020: Congratulations to our Jordan Keller on his completion of the Architectural Registration Exams!
in the studio
FEBRUARY 2020: Kate Mooney joins the OOMBRA team.
fox lofts
29 JANUARY 2020: Detroit Mayor, Mike Duggan spotted at a policy conference with our Milwaukee Junction rendering as his backdrop!
aia philadelphia
05 DECEMBER 2019: Brush + Watson wins an AIA Philadelphia Merit Award in the Un-Built category.
construction begins
NOVEMBER 2019: Construction begins on our Milwaukee Junction projects. This first phase includes the renovation of a one-story commercial building and 18-residential units in the adjacent three-story structure.
project announcement
26 JULY 2018: Detroit’s Mayor, Mike Duggan announces our new mixed-use development projects coming to Detroit’s Brush Park neighborhood!
“We are building one of the largest mixed-income communities in the United States” - Mayor Duggan
Detroit Free Press // Curbed // Think313 // MHN
beaubien building
23 JULY 2019: Our Beaubien Building is one of five projects to receive Affordable Housing Tax Credits from the state of Michigan LIHTC benefit, which will support the construction of 235 new units and preserve the affordability of 318 existing units.
Curbed // Crain’s Detroit Business // MHN
fox lofts
26 MARCH 2019: Project featured in Crain’s Detroit and Curbed Detroit.
edmund place
08 MAY 2019: Redesigned project receives full support from Detroit’s Historic District Commission.
17 MAY 2018: City Planning Commission votes in favor of 112 Edmund Place.
09 MAY 2018: 112 Edmund Place in the news!
brush + watson
09 SEPT 2018: Project receives approval from Detroit’s City Planning Commission.
08 AUG 2018: Project receives full support from Detroit’s Historic District Commission.
the carriage house
13 JUNE 2018: Project receives full support from Detroit’s Historic District Commission.
17 MAY 2018: City Planning Commission votes in favor of The Carriage House project tonight.
10 MAY 2018: The Carriage House in the news!