About

Member Offices: New York City

Website: https://www.oviinc.com

At Office for Visual Interaction, Inc. (OVI), we are more than lighting designers–we are philosophers, storytellers and tailors who identify the essence of a project and craft our designs into vivid architectural icons.

Our mission is to design and produce legacy-worthy masterpieces that radiate not just with light, but with rich narratives that thoroughly understand a project’s position in society and time.

We see light as more than a tool; its interaction with surfaces and materials tells an emotional tale, providing depth and structure to a space. Every project is a new opportunity to communicate an idea.

We seek to nurture and further the union of daylight and design. We believe the sensations that lighting stirs are inseparable from the space itself; it is as elemental to architecture as glasswork. We absorb location-specific details, exacting technical specifications, textured facades–every factor and concept that forms the complete project–in order to divine the essence of the overall vision.

In both breadth and scope, OVI’s portfolio is vast and inclusive, comprising intimate, humble installations and iconic, larger than life works–each approached with equal passion and humanity. Our designs and products discover and emphasize stories as dynamically composed visual soundtracks that underscore and invigorate architectural masterpieces. The stories that shape our work advance the industry while honoring and echoing the ideas of the past, memorializing and progressing the quintessence of a place, a people, an era.

As architectural lighting designers we extract, refine and strengthen the design making any location exceptional. With bold thinking and hidden logic, we provide one-of-a-kind concept and lighting ideation, daylight analysis, photometric calculations, drawings, specifications and luminaire schedules. Our integrated design solutions and detailed coordination provide a sophisticated aesthetic, creating an iconic, emotional, and holistic expression of light.

OVI was founded in 1997 by Jean Sundin and Enrique Peiniger and is based in New York City.

Fields of Expertise

Buildings

Rank
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height

1

HeXi Yuzui Tower A

498.8 m / 1,636 ft

2

Al Hamra Tower

412.6 m / 1,354 ft

3

The Towers

319.7 m / 1,049 ft

4

New York Times Tower

318.8 m / 1,046 ft

5

Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel

300 m / 984 ft

6

Qintai International Tower

248 m / 814 ft

7

830 Brickell

220.7 m / 724 ft

8

Suzhou Keyne Center Residential Tower

220 m / 722 ft

9

Una Residences

186.8 m / 613 ft

10

Huamu Lot 10 T1

179.9 m / 590 ft

Rank
Name
City
Height

1

HeXi Yuzui Tower A

Nanjing

499 m

1,636 ft

2

Chengdu Greenland Tower

Chengdu

468 m

1,535 ft

3

Dancing Dragon Tower 1

Seoul

446 m

1,463 ft

4

Multifunctional Highrise Complex - Akhmat Tower

Groznyj

435 m

1,427 ft

5

Al Hamra Tower

Kuwait City

413 m

1,354 ft

6

Dancing Dragon Tower 2

Seoul

378 m

1,240 ft

7

The Towers

Miami

320 m

1,049 ft

8

New York Times Tower

New York City

319 m

1,046 ft

9

Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel

Suzhou

300 m

984 ft

10

Qintai International Tower

Wuhan

248 m

814 ft

11

830 Brickell

Miami

221 m

724 ft

12

Suzhou Keyne Center Residential Tower

Suzhou

220 m

722 ft

13

Una Residences

Miami

187 m

613 ft

14

Huamu Lot 10 T1

Shanghai

180 m

590 ft

14

Huamu Lot 10 T2

Shanghai

180 m

590 ft

14

Huamu Lot 10 T3

Shanghai

180 m

590 ft

17

Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

Chengdu

173 m

568 ft

18

Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

Chengdu

166 m

545 ft