The school of hard Knox

Posted on January 2nd, 2018 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Press

“Toronto has squandered much of its architectural heritage. Dozens of grand old buildings fell to the wrecker’s ball in the postwar rush to modernize and renew the city. so when a building that somehow survived the years of careless destruction gets a makeover, and a brilliant one at that, the only thing to do is stand up and cheer.”

Marcus Gee from Toronto’s The Globe and Mail writes on the revitalization of the Knox College building at One Spadina Crescent and the new home of the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Read the full article HERE.

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Happy new year from NADAAA!

Posted on January 1st, 2018 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Things We Like

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Coming to your table in 2018! Stay tuned!

Posted on December 30th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: NADLAB, Things We Like

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The Daniels Building in ID’s ‘Best of Year’ Issue

Posted on December 29th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards

“The space is a signal to the larger city: This is the kind of school we are.”

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

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Opening at Bibliothè in Rome

Posted on December 26th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic

The exhibition is curated by Manuela De Leonardis and will remain on view through January 4th at Bibliothè, Rome. More information can be found on Biblioth‘s Facebook page HERE.

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SHELLS AND HOLES: MIT SITE 4 UPDATE!

Posted on December 21st, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _MIT Site 4, construction

Office site visit: December 13, 2017, much going on including slurry walls, seacant piles, LBEs, driven piles, and sheet piling!

individual slurry wall hole

slurry wall system in use

 foundations for tower

elevator pit that will go from ground level retail down to the garage

bracing for E39

E38 stripped down

future skylight at E38

 

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Manifesto 21: The Tectonic Grain

Posted on December 21st, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic, Lectures, Press

After a lecture at the Festival of Design in Shanghai, Nader was asked to render the lecture into an essay. With help from Brendan Kellogg, Nellie Yang and Cindy Sun of Neri & Hu a bilingual thesis emerged on ‘the tectonic grain’

Read the full essay HERE.

 

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Nader Featured in Hotchkiss Magazine’s “Art of Design”

Posted on December 20th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic, Press

Wendy Carlson from The Hotchkiss School visited the office earlier this year to interview Nader, a Hotchkiss Alum, about the office, balancing work between NADAAA and Cooper and his first impressions of Hotchkiss. Read the full article HERE.

“I’m trained as a traditional architect and have basically spent 25 years constantly re-educating myself through the younger generation. The idea of a teacher as the central master is all but obsolete. We learn horizontally: students learn from each other, and teachers more often learn from students. Whereas we may bring more experience to the conversation, the next generation brings an openness and a digital dexterity that often overturns one’s assumptions.”

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Katie Juries Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards

Posted on December 20th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Awards, Things We Like

Katie recently served as juror for the Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards, selecting the Suzhou Chapel as best of 2017.

“The Suzhou Chapel expresses its serenity through a simple palette of color and materials. Brick walls anchor the building to the landscape, while the looming white form indicates a hierarchy to be discovered. The interior appears to be a skillful bending of light, with raw concrete – punctuated by generous openings – subtly transitioning to a warm wood liner. The project is distinguished by its deceptive simplicity: the motif of the light boxes is echoed in the expertly constructed brick. The fixtures complement the natural light. The Suzhou Chapel is at once a display of restraint and a complex spatial sequence. It is deserving of recognition.”

 

 

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‘Looking across the Diptych’ Opening in Rome

Posted on December 19th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic, Events

GUARDANDO ATTRAVERSO IL DITTICO

Nader Tehrani-NADAAA

The exhibition is curated by Manuela De Leonardis and will open December 23rd at 19.00 and remain on view through January 4th at Bibliothè, Via Celsa 4 (Piazza del Gesù), Rome. More information can be found on Bibliothè‘s Facebook page HERE.

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