Education
Oltmanns graduated from the University of Illinois in 1973 with a Bachelor in Architecture.
Oltmanns graduated from the University of Illinois in 1973 with a Bachelor in Architecture.
Oltmanns is Design Director and Chief Executive Officer of Vx3 Architects.Strategists.Urban Designers. He led the design teams responsible for many landmarks including Rondo 1 in Warsaw, 10 Exchange Square at Broadgate in London, the Convention and Exhibition Centre (COEX) at the of Korea World Trade Centre and the multi award-winning Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. His competition-winning design for the new extension to the Melbourne Convention Centre was awarded a 6 Star Green Star environmental rating by the Green Building Council of Australia, the first in the world for a convention centre.
In 2004, following a round of redundancies and management problems with their North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters project, Oltmanns chose to leave SOM. Oltmanns founded Vx3 in April 2007.
One of his firm’s first projects was the master plan for the $2 billion redevelopment of Euston Station in London. Current projects include three mixed-use developments in central London of over 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m2), plus large-scale residential and commercial projects in Moscow, Warsaw, Calgary, and Dublin.
Chicago Place at 700 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters, Brussels
Rondo 1, Warsaw
Lopez Centre, Manilla as Chief Executive Officer and Design Director of Vx3 Architects.Strategists.Urban Designers
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, of Korea
Dublin Airport, Terminal 1 Pier Doctorate, Dublin
Dallas Convention Center, Dallas
10 Exchange Square, London.
Oltmanns has won numerous awards for design excellence, including the American Institute of Architects, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and the City of Seoul, of Korea. Oltmanns served on London’s International Convention Centre Commission in 2004/5. He is a long-standing member of the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA).
