REX is an internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm based in New York City, led by Joshua Prince-Ramus. Recently completed projects include the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas, Texas and the Vakko Fashion Center in Istanbul, Turkey, both opened to critical acclaim. The Wyly Theatre received the American Institute of Architects’ 2010 National Honor Award, the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 2010 National Gold Award, and the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology’s 2012 National Honor Award. The Vakko Fashion Center was presented Arch Daily’s 2010 Office Building of the Year, Wallpaper magazine’s Design Award 2011 for Best Workspace, and ICON magazine’s Award 2011 for the World’s Coolest Office. Prince-Ramus was the founding partner of OMA New York – the American affiliate of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) / Rem Koolhaas in the Netherlands – and served as its Principal until he renamed the firm REX in 2006. While REX was still known as OMA New York, Prince-Ramus was Partner in Charge of the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas and the Seattle Central Library, hailed as Time magazine’s 2004 Building of the Year and by Herbert Muschamp in the New York Times as “the most exciting new building it has been my honor to review in more than 30 years of writing about architecture.” In 2005, the Seattle Central Library was awarded the top honors bestowed by the American Institute of Architects, the American Council of Engineering Companies, and the American Library Association.