Nader Tehrani appointed the William A. Bernoudy Architect in Residence at The American Academy in Rome

Posted on December 9th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic

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Tanderrum Bridge wins Best in Category at the Premier’s Design Awards

Posted on December 7th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Tanderrum Bridge, Awards

NADAAA’s collaboration with John Wardle Architects, the Tanderrum Pedestrian Bridge in Melbourne Australia, has won the Best in Category at the Premier’s Design Awards, more info is HERE. See the rest of the winners HERE. There is also a short piece in Architecture AU HERE.
 

“The Premier’s Award is the latest in a string of prizes won by the architects for the bridge since its completion in January 2017, including the Australian Urban Design Award for Delivered Outcome – Small Scale and the Melbourne Prize at the Victorian Architecture Awards.”

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Shaping Young Minds: DFALD mention in Monocle

Posted on December 6th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Press

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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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NADAAA ranked #4 overall in Architect’s Top 50!

Posted on November 30th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Awards, Press

NADAAA ranked #2 in Design and #4 Overall in the Ninth Annual Architect 50. This is the fifth year in a row NADAAA has placed in the top three design firms in the United States! A big thank you to all of our clients who have helped make this possible!

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The Politics of Play: Nader on Hashim Sarkis’s work

Posted on November 28th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic

“Sarkis demonstrates that to be politically effective, architecture must somehow operate through its autonomy, if only to show how its own techniques, tools, and devices, participate in building an imagination for the world”

 

“Consider the herringbone pattern that adorns the Balloon Landing structure in Beirut […] Here, the grain overcomes the traditional opposition between surface and depth, or structure and skin; the thinness of paint, the laminar nature of the wood lattice, and the depth of a concrete pour are brought to both material and sematic equation, as the herringbone becomes inextricably bound to the geological depths of the site onto which it is cast.”

 

Read Nader’s full essay for -NESS.docs HERE.

 

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Tonight: Nader at The American University of Beirut

Posted on November 27th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic, Lectures

Nader will lecture tonight at ALH, Department of Architecture and Design at AUB as part of the Areen Lecture Series at 6:30pm. For more information please contact: communications@aub.edu.lb

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Katie featured in Steel Structures Magazine

Posted on November 26th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Press

“The elegance of steel is introduced early in the education of an architect, as that mysterious element that made towers and bridges possible. I suspect many of us fall in love with the Crystal Palace first.”

Read on HERE.

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Rock Creek House shortlisted for World Interior Awards

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Rock Creek House, Awards

The Rock Creek House has been shortlisted for a World Interior News Award in the residential category. Winners will be announced in a few weeks at the WIN annual gala. More info HERE.

“The material palette used for the Rock Creek house interiors has a very calm, even and contemporary tone to it. However, what particularly drew our attention was the highly original approach to the geometry of the joinery for the staircases and balustrades.’ Lee Hallman, Head of Design, Qatari Diar

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The Daniels Building named a ‘Best of Year’ Finalist

Posted on November 21st, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards

The Daniels Building at The University of Toronto has been named a finalist in Interior Design’s Annual BOY Awards. Winners will be honored this next Friday at the IAC. See the rest of the finalists HERE.

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