Shenzhen Biennale Teaser

Posted on December 9th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Events, Installations + Exhibitions, The Cooper Union

The Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale is opening in five days! NADAAA, in collaboration with the Cooper Union has designed “Zhulang Huagai: A Figure for the Nantou Urban Village” which is currently under construction. A special thanks to Cooper Union students Margaux Wheelock-Shew and Jeremy Son for their work on this project. Also a special thanks to the Thornton Tomasetti team: Tian-Fang Jing, Walter Woodington, James Richardson, and Hauke Jungjohann.

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The Daniels Building wins Interior Design BOY Award

Posted on December 2nd, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards, Events

The Daniels Building wins 2017 Best Higher Education Interior! Read on HERE. And see more photos of DFALD HERE!

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Tonight! Dan speaking on ‘Reconstituting Just Potentials’

Posted on November 17th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Events, Lectures

Come listen, discuss, and support this effort to continue shaping new futures for justice in New York. Taking place tonight from 6-8 pm at the Center for Architecture in New York.

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Daniels Building Opening Featured on Urban Toronto

Posted on November 17th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Events

Read about the Daniels Building’s big opening HERE!

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DIANA AGREST FILM SCREENING AT THE COOPER UNION THIS THURSDAY: “THE MAKING OF AN AVANT-GARDE” INTRODUCED AND MODERATED BY NADER

Posted on November 13th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Events, The Cooper Union

THE COOPER UNION IS SCREENING “THE MAKING OF AN AVANT-GARDE: THE INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN STUDIES 1967-1984”, A FILM BY DIANA AGREST THIS THURSDAY.

Screening and Panel | The Rose Auditorium of 41 Cooper Square, NYC

Introduced and moderated by Nader Tehrani
Thursday November 16 at 6:30PM

Panel Discussion
With Diana Agrest, John McMorrough and Timothy Hyde

Accompanying Exhibition | 3rd Floor Hallway Gallery, Foundation Building, 7 E 7th Street, NYC
Opening Reception following screening
Refreshments and Drinks will be served
Thursday November 16 at 8:30Pm

RSVP required. Full Details HERE.   

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Katie at ‘Toronto Lost and Found’

Posted on November 3rd, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Academic, Events

Katie joined Dean Richard Sommer of the Daniels Faculty to welcome Toronto city staff and local designers for a tour of our new Daniels Building at One Spadina. They were joined by Michael McClelland of ERA Architects, the project’s heritage consultant. The tour was followed by a student-focused panel discussion “Toronto Lost and Found: Redefining the City’s Built Heritage” which included panelists Susan Macdonald, Patricia McCarney, Paul Bedford, and Mary MacDonald.

The panel was streamed on FB Live and can be viewed HERE.

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Monument, Myth & Meaning

Posted on October 20th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Events, The Cooper Union

On Monday, October 23, a panel discussion Monument, Myth & Meaning will take place in Cooper Union’s Great Hall with Michele H. BogartJames GrossmanJulian LaVerdiereBrian PalmerMabel O. Wilson, and Mya Dosch. More info can be found from the Cooper Union HERE and from DART HERE.

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Nader speaks on research and practice at the Symposium international des Écoles d’Architectures

Posted on October 9th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Events

Nader will represent the Cooper Union at the Frac Centre Friday as part of the first BIENNALE D’ARCHITECTURE D’ORLÉANS. Other architecture schools that will be represented for a discussion entitled “News from utopia : cartographie de la recherche en architecture” are: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA / Università di Camerino, SAAD Ascoli Piceno, Italie / Architectural Theory, University of Innsbruck, Autriche / Institute for Advanced architecture of Catalonia, Barcelone, Espagne / Arquitectura en la Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentine / Ecole nationale supérieure d’architecture de Nantes, France.

photo credit: © Nicolas Borel

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LIBESKIND AT COOPER!

Posted on October 3rd, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic, Events, Lectures

Nader will introduce Daniel Libeskind and lead Q+A.  Tickets at the door.

 

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Nader to Lecture at the University of Buffalo

Posted on October 1st, 2017 by Jalisa Joyner

Posted under: Events, Lectures

‘Border Crossing’ Lecture Series – University of Buffalo

Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Hayes Hall 403, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Nader will take part in the University of Buffalo lecture series entitled ‘Border Crossing’ which highlights architects, urban designers, and researchers who are working across boundaries.  This series of speakers emphasizes the importance and urgency for transnational cross-pollination in architecture and planning and celebrates the positive impact of immigrants and citizens from diverse backgrounds. Read about the event on University of Buffalo’s site HERE and read about it in The Buffalo News HERE.

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