John Ronan MArch ’91 publishes book with Actar Publishers
John Ronan MArch ’91 has published the book Out of the Ordinary (Actar Publishers, 2022). This publication on the work of John Ronan Architects explores the firm’s spatial-material approach to architecture and the underlying themes of its typologically diverse output. Out of the Ordinary proposes an architecture of innovation rising from ordinary concerns, about relationships not form.
For more on John Ronan and John Ronan Architects, visit here.
posted May, 2022
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 and NADAAA firm announces work with MET Museum
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 with his firm NADAAA announces his work with The Metropolitan Museum of Art to redesign their Ancient Near East and Cypriot galleries. NADAAA is working in collaboration with Moody Nolan on the $40 million, 15,000 square foot project. The design team is working closely with Museum construction leadership and curators Kim Benzel and Seán Hemingway to develop the design.
It’s an honor to be selected for this project, which will address the need for more diverse narratives in the displays of art from the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean regions. In bringing disparate layers of the Museum’s architectural history into dialogue, the proposed design hopes to bring the formal, spatial, and material properties of these galleries into alignment with The Museum’s mission. By working in collaboration with The Met’s curatorial and construction teams, we’ll be able to recondition these spaces while facilitating the connection between cultures, civilizations, and geographies to tell a whole new story.
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posted March, 2022
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Meejin Yoon MAUD ’97, and Theaster Gates LF ’11 Newly Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Meejin Yoon MAUD ’97, and Theaster Gates LF ’11 will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters during its virtual award ceremony on May 19 at 7 p.m. EST.
Membership in the Academy is limited to 300 architects, visual artists, composers, and writers who are elected for life. The honor of election is considered the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the United States.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters was founded in 1898 as an honor society of the country’s leading architects, artists, composers, and writers.
posted March, 2021
Tom Rankin MArch ’91 On Remote Learning in Rome in 2020
Although he’s been teaching design in Rome for years, Tom Rankin MArch ’91 shared with us that “this year was a bit different” and reached out with some examples of 2020 summer courses he helped to coordinate. Tom commented that he was “especially lucky to get many classmates and colleagues to join remote conversations through Zoom,” and has shared these conversations as well. “It’s exciting to hear how so many of us are pushing the limits of remote learning and practice,” Tom said in his update.
You can view a video for a Rome course here and a video from the Abruzzo course here. His remote conversations are also available on YouTube in this playlist.
For more information on Tom’s practice, visit his website.
posted January, 2021
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Jane Stageberg MArch ’89, and Jonathan Tate MDes ’08 Receive American Academy of Arts and Letters 2020 Architecture Awards
Among this year’s recipients of the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2020 Architecture Awards, the practices of three GSD Alumni were honored.
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 was awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize for his significant contribution to architecture as an art. Nader is principal of the firm NADAAA in Boston and dean of Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. The Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize began in 1955 as the first architecture award given by the American Academy of Awards and Letters.
Bade Stageberg Cox, a firm co-founded by Jane Stageberg MArch ’89, and the individual practice of Jonathan Tate MDes ’08 were both honored with an Arts and Letters Award in Architecture for their works, which are “characterized by a strong personal direction.”
A full press release for the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2020 Architecture Awards is available on their website.
posted September, 2020
Seventeen GSD Alumni Elevated to AIA Fellows 2020
Seventeen GSD alumni have been elevated by the 2020 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to its prestigious College of Fellows. The honor recognizes architects who have “achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.”
The GSD congratulates:
- Alexandra A. Barker, FAIA, AB ’93, MArch ’98
- Andrew Vernooy, FAIA, MDes ’91
- Ellis (Lanny) McIntosh, FAIA, AMDP ’14
- Eric Haas, FAIA, MArch ’93
- Javier Arizmendi, FAIA, MArch ’91
- Jay Valgora, FAIA, MArch ’88
- Katherine W. Faulkner, FAIA, MArch ’93
- Kenneth J. Jandura, FAIA, MAUD ’78
- Michael E. Tingley, FAIA, MArch ’89
- Neal J.Z. Schwartz, FAIA, MArch ’92, MPP ’92
- Philip B. Chen, FAIA, MArch ’96
- Roger Sherman, FAIA, MArch ’85
- Scott K. Henson, FAIA, MArch ’98
- Susannah C. Drake, FAIA, MArch ’95, MLA ’95
- Tom Sungjin Chung, FAIA, MArch ’99
- Warren A. Techentin, FAIA, MArch ’95, MAUD ’95
- Yanel E. De Angel Salas, FAIA, MDes ’06
For the full list of 2020 Fellows, visit the AIA website.
posted April, 2020
Harvard GSD Alumni from Puerto Rico Write Letter Protesting Against Land Use and Zoning Board
17 Harvard GSD Alumni from Puerto Rico have assembled as a group to protest the limited civic engagement and transparency in the reviewal process behind the adoption of significant and potentially detrimental changes to the island’s Zoning Maps, led by the Planning Board of Puerto Rico. Together, they wrote an open letter to María del C. Gordillo Pérez, chairwoman of the Planning Board.
The group is made up of the following alumni:
Pedro Manuel Cardona Roig MAUD ’91
Hugo Colón MLA ’13
Manuel Antonio Colón Amador MLA ’14
Irene Figueroa-Ortiz MUP & March I ’15
Nataniel Fúster MAUD ’96 & DDes ’99
Fabiola Guzmán Rivera March I ’18
Yanick Lay Fumero MLA ’18
Eduardo M. Llinás Messeguer MAUD ’13
Maria Victoria Mateo MLA ’11
Oscar Oliver Didier MAUD ’06
Judith Rodríguez MLA & MAUD ’13
Gabriella S. Rodríguez MLA & MAUD ’16
Ángel Y. Rodríguez Colón MAUD ’11
Joanna Rodriguez-Noyola MArch I ’14
Héctor Tarrido-Picart MAUD & MLA ’15
José Juan Terrasa Soler MLA ’07
Emmanuel Torres MAUD ’14
In the past months there was a recent upsurge in democratic mobilization to demand transparency and democracy in the way politics and business are conducted in Puerto Rico. This led to the recent resignation of Governor Ricardo Roselló and will likely lead to fundamental changes to the political and institutional structures of the Caribbean island.
While these mass civil protests were taking place, the Planning Board of Puerto Rico conducted most of the public hearings for first-time proposed major revisions to the Zoning Maps. In addition, the Planning Board failed to provide key information and a suitable timeline for a comprehensive examination by all the parties affected by the zoning changes, including the island’s 78 municipalities. Some of these zoning changes go against the interest of vulnerable communities, the ones most affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.
To read the letter in Spanish click here and for English click here
posted August, 2019
Illinois Institute of Technology Building Designed by Firm of John Ronan MArch ’91 Opens
The Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship, a new 70,000 square foot building at the Illinois Institute of Technology designed by John Ronan Architects—the firm of John Ronan MArch ’91—is now open. The space, which includes state-of-the art prototyping and fabrication facilities, will provide exciting opportunities for collaboration around student-driven innovation and entrepreneurship. “It’s an idea factory—a place of creative collision between students and faculty across disciplines, where new ideas are explored and tested on their way to becoming meaningful innovations,” Ronan said in a press release.
The founding principal of John Ronan Architects, Ronan also holds the John and Jeanne Rowe Endowed Chair in Architecture at IIT.
Image provided.
posted November, 2018
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 and NADAAA Win Progressive Architecture, Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards; Major Projects for RISD, MIT Underway
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 and his Boston-based firm NADAAA has had an exciting and productive year so far. Their project “A Cambridge Gateway” for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a 2018 Progressive Architecture Award last spring, and they received four prestigious Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards this summer. Additionally a new residence hall project for the Rhode Island School of Design recently broke ground in Providence, RI, and two of NADAAA’s largest projects to date, a tower for MIT in Cambridge, MA, and a tower in Cleveland, OH, are under construction and will be completed in 2020 and 2019 respectively.
NADAAA is led by Tehrani in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91.
Image: “A Cambridge Gateway,” MIT.
posted September, 2018
Five Alumni Elected to 2018 Class of the College of Fellows of AICP
Five GSD alumni have been elected to the 2018 Class of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP). The highest honor bestowed upon members by AICP, Fellows are honored for achieving “excellence in professional practice, teaching and mentoring, research, public and community service, and leadership.” Congratulations to:
John M. Dugan MCP ’71
Hazel R. Edwards MAUD ’89
William Klein LF ’91
Shafik I. Rifaat MArch ’65
Philip L. Walker MDes ’94
There will be an induction ceremony for the Class of 2018 during the National Planning Conference in New Orleans on Sunday, April 22, starting at 4:15 p.m. CT. Learn more.
Image courtesy of AICP.
posted March, 2018
Alumni Honored with AIANY 2018 Design Awards
Projects by a number of GSD alumni have been honored with 2018 Design Awards by AIA New York. The top prize went to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture by Freelon Adjaye Bond / Smithgroup, led in part by Phil Freelon LF ’90. Award recipients will be featured in the Center for Architecture’s 2018 AIANY Design Awards exhibition (opens April 20, 2018), and included in AIANY’s Oculus magazine.
Alumni winners include:
ARCHITECTURE – HONORS
NADAAA, firm of Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91
Project: University of Toronto Daniels Building at One Spadina
Location: Toronto, Canada
INTERIORS – HONOR
N H D M, firm of Nahyun Hwang MArch ’01 and David Eugin Moon MArch ’01
Project: Nam June Paik Art Center Renovation
Location: Yongin, South Korea
URBAN DESIGN – MERITS
NADAAA, firm of Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91
Project: Justice in Design
Location: New York, NY
ROGERS PARTNERS Architects + Urban Designers, firm of Rob Rogers MDes ’89
Project: Houston-Galveston Area Protection System (H-GAPS)
Location: Galveston Bay, TX
Image: Nam June Paik Art Center. Courtesy of N H D M.
posted February, 2018
Alumni Honored with 2017-18 ACSA Architectural Education Awards
Six GSD alumni have been honored with 2017-2018 Architectural Education Awards for their outstanding work as architectural educators. They will be celebrated in March at the 106th ACSA Annual Meeting in Denver. In addition, GSD Professor Jorge Silvetti received the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education this year.
ACSA/AIA Practice & Leadership Award
Renee Cheng AB ’85, MArch ’89, University of Minnesota, Professional Practice Class
Distinguished Professor
Renee Cheng AB ’85, MArch ’89, University of Minnesota
John Ronan MArch ‘91, Illinois Institute of Technology
ACSA Collaborative Practice Award
Aziza Chaouni GSD ’05, University of Toronto, “Let’s Talk”
ACSA Faculty Design Award
Jonathan Rule MArch ’08 with Ana Morcillo Pallares, University of Michigan, MUDEM
JAE Best Article Award Design as Scholarship
Jacob Wayne Mans MDes ’16, “Scaling for Non-Expert Production,” University of Minnesota
Clare Robinson MArch ’01, “Scholarship of Design Architecture in Support of Citizenry,” University of Arizona
posted February, 2018
John Ronan MArch ’91 Named John and Jeanne Rowe Endowed Chair in Architecture at IIT
John Ronan MArch ’91 has been named the John and Jeanne Rowe Endowed Chair in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The founding principal of John Ronan Architects, Ronan also serves as the IIT College of Architecture’s Associate Dean of Curriculum. His area of expertise is in architectural design, urbanism, and the history & theory of material culture in architecture. In 2018, he was honored with a Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
posted February, 2018
Alumni Honored at 7th Annual BSA Design Awards Gala
The Boston Society of Architects celebrated its 2017 Design Award recipients at a gala on January 18, 2018. A number of Harvard University Graduate School of alumni and their firms were recognized, including Henry Cobb AB ’47, MArch ’49 who received the 2017 BSA Award of Honor.
Other alumni honored include Matthew Kiefer LF ’96 (BSA Honorary Membership); Roger Ferris + Partners, firm of Roger P. Ferris LF ’92, MDes ’93 (Category: Housing Design, Project: Green House, Client: Private (award)); Kennedy and Violich Architecture, firm of Sheila Kennedy MArch ’85 and J. Frano Violich MArch ’84 (Category: Small Firms/Small Projects Design Awards, Project: Meister Consultants Group—A Cadmus Company Offices, Clients: Meister Consultants Group (award)); La Dallman Architects, firm of Grace La AB ’92, MArch ’95 and James Dallman MArch ’92 (Category: Unbuilt Architecture and Design, Projects: Industrial Capriccio: Floating Garden (honor award) and Waterlily Landing (citation)); and NADAAA, firm of Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 (Category: Unbuilt Architecture and Design, Project: Justice in Design (award); Category: Honor Awards for Design Excellence, Project: Tanderrum Pedestrian Bridge with John Wardle Architects, Client: Major Projects Victoria (honor award)).
See the full list of 2017 Design Award winners.
Image courtesy of the Boston Real Estate Times.
posted January, 2018
Joni M. Palmer MLA ’91 Publishes Book, “Public Art Encounters”
Public Art Encounters: Art, Space, and Identity, a book co-edited by Joni M. Palmer MLA ’91 and Martin Zebracki, is now available from Routledge, the world’s leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The collection features a mix of academic and practice-based writings that explore conventional claims on the inclusiveness of public art practice. Contributors include Martha Radice and Brenden Harvey, Paul Clements AB ’82, and Gwen MacGregor, among others.
Dr. Palmer is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, as well as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Community & Regional Planning SA+P, at the University of New Mexico. Over the past 25 years, her professional life has included both practice and academia across arts and cultural planning.
Learn more and receive a 20% discount code on the book’s flyer.
posted October, 2017
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 and NADAAA Featured in Architectural Digest
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 and his Boston-based firm NADAAA are the feature of a recent article in Architectural Digest. The article focuses on their work designing architecture school buildings, including the soon to open John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. The firm has so far designed three architecture school building–something no other firm can lay claim–and Tehrani, who serves as dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at New York’s Cooper Union, is also working with architect Samuel Anderson (AB ’75) on changes to the architecture studios in the Cooper Union’s Foundation Building.
NADAAA is led by Tehrani in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91.
Image of the Melbourne School of Design at University of Melbourne courtesy of NADAAA.
posted July, 2017
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 Project Featured in Toronto’s Largest Newspaper
A project led by Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 of the firm NADAAA is featured in Toronto’s largest newspaper, The Globe and Mail. Praised as “already one of the best Canadian buildings of the past decade,” by the newspaper’s architecture critic, the new University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty building at One Spadina is set to open this fall. It will house programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and visual studies. “It’s a university space, but it’s also a civic space of the city,” says Tehrani. “By creating a space and prospect” – a view – “where there hadn’t been one before, it extends the public imagination.”
NADAAA is led by Tehrani in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91.
See more images and read the full article.
Photo by Nic Lehoux courtesy of The Globe and Mail.
posted May, 2017
John Ronan MArch ’91 and Theaster Gates LF ’11 Receive 2017 Architecture Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
John Ronan MArch ’91 and Theaster Gates LF ’11 have been honored with 2017 Architecture Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Chosen from a group of 27 individuals and practices nominated by the Academy, the 2017 honorees will receive their awards at an annual celebrate in May. Members of the jury included: Elizabeth Diller (chairman), Henry N. Cobb, Peter Eisenman, Kenneth Frampton, Hugh Hardy, Steven Holl, Thom Mayne, James Polshek, Robert A. M. Stern, Billie Tsien, and Tod Williams.
Ronan received his award in the category of “an American architect whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction.” Juror Tod Williams praised his work saying, “with elegance and rigor, John Ronan continues Chicago’s history of serious architecture of national and international significance.”
Gates, who was honored in the the category of “an American who explores ideas in architecture through any medium of expression,” is founder of the Rebuild Foundation, which works to transform urban spaces through art and design.
Photos courtesy of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
posted March, 2017
GSD Alumni Honored with 2017 Progressive Architecture Awards
The work of Harvard University Graduate School of Design alumni was recently recognized with 2017 Progressive Architecture Awards from Architect magazine. The jury, which included GSD alumna Jennifer Bonner MArch ’09, was tasked with finding the best examples of works that “represent design that pushes the envelope, novel methods of representation, and an exploration of humble building types that can make peoples’ lives better.” Winning projects from firms led by GSD alumni include:
AWARDS
Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center
New York
REX, led by Joshua Prince-Ramus MArch ’96
Menil Drawing Institute
Houston
Johnston Marklee, led by Sharon Johnston MArch ’95 and Mark Lee MArch ’95
CITATIONS
Bloomberg Center
New York
Morphosis Architects, led by Thom Mayne MArch ’78
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Mask House
Ithaca, N.Y.
WOJR, led by William O’Brien MArch ’05
True North
Detroit
EC3, led by Edwin Chan MArch ’85
New Hampshire Retreat
Bethlehem, N.H.
NADAAA, led by Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91
Image courtesy of Architect magazine.
posted March, 2017
Firm of Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93, Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91 Wins 17th P/A Award
NADAAA, the firm led by Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91, has won its 17th Progressive Architecture Award from Architect magazine. The 2017 award recognizes the project New Hampshire Retreat in Bethlehem, N.H. “It’s a simple parti, but the plan and the interstitial areas between the rooms that serve as indoor–outdoor spaces are really quite beautiful,” commented juror Jennifer Bonner MArch ’09.
Image courtesy of NADAAA.
posted March, 2017
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 South End Loft Profiled in Boston Home
The 1,400-square-foot South End loft of Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, which he overhauled with architect Cristina Parreño, is featured in the Winter 2017 issue of Boston Home. Tehrani is principal of NADAAA and currently serves as Dean of Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.
Image courtesy of Boston Home.
posted January, 2017
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93, Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91 Firm Honored by Interior Design Magazine, ARCHITECT Magazine
NADAAA, the firm led by principal Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91, has been honored with a 2016 Best of Year Award by Interior Design and Custom Home Design Grand Award 2016 by ARCHITECT Magazine for its restoration of Rock Creek House in Washington, DC.
Image courtesy of ARCHITECT Magazine.
posted January, 2017
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93, Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91 U. Toronto Project Nearing Completion; Tanderrum Bridge Opens
Two project updates from NADAAA, the firm led by principal Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91:
The University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design project at One Spadina is nearing completion. The project was recently profiled in the University of Toronto Magazine‘s Winter 2017 issue.
The Tanderrum Bridge project, designed by NADAAA in collaboration with JWA, in Melbourne, Australia opened last month. ArchitectureAU and Architecture & Design reported on the opening.
Image of Tanderrum Bridge courtesy of NADAAA Blog.
posted January, 2017
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93, Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91 Firm Ranked in Top Three by Architect Magazine
For the fourth year, NADAAA, the design firm led by Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91, has achieved the rank of one of the top three design firms in the USA by Architect Magazine, ranking first in three of those years.
September 2016
posted September, 2016
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 Interviewed by The Cooper Union; Talks GSD
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, was interviewed by The Cooper Union in its Meet the Deans series. In the piece, he mentions the GSD and his studies under Jorge Silvetti.
August 2016
posted August, 2016
Ila Berman MDes ’91, DDes ’93 Appointed Dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture
Ila Berman MDes ’91, DDes ’93 has been appointed Dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture. Currently, the O’Donovan Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo as well as a principal of SCALESHIFT design in Toronto, Berman will assume the deanship on August 15. Over the last 11 years, Berman has led three schools in different capacities.
April 2016
posted April, 2016
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93, Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91 Firm Receives Awards from the Boston Society of Architects
NADAAA, the design firm led by principal Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with partners Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 and Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91, received two awards at the Boston Society of Architects’ annual Awards Gala: a Hobson Award for the Bamiyan Cultural Centre and a special Excellence in Craft Award for the Rock Creek House in DC.
February 2016
posted February, 2016
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 Appointed Dean of Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 was appointed the new Dean of Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Previously, Tehrani has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Toronto’s Department of Architecture, Landscape and Design. Most recently he has taught at MIT where he served as Head of the Department of Architecture from 2010 to 2014. Additionally, Tehrani is principal of NADAA, a practice dedicated to the advancement of design innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration and an intensive dialogue with construction practices. Read the official announcement from Cooper Union.
July 2015
posted July, 2015
John Ronan MArch ’91 Firm Designs Illinois Institute of Technology Building
The Illinois Institute of Technology unveiled the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship on the historic Mies Campus. Designed by John Ronan Architects, the Chicago-based firm run by John Ronan MArch ’91, the building will host a variety of collaboration spaces for IIt’s project-based experiences, contain state-of-the-art prototyping and fabrication facilities, and serve as the Mies campus home for the Institute of Design.
June 2015
posted June, 2015
Monica Ponce de Leon MAUD ’91 Named Dean of Princeton University’s School of Architecture
Monica Ponce de Leon MAUD ’91 has been selected the next dean of Princeton University’s School of Architecture, her appointment effective January 1, 2016. Ponce de Leon has served as dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan since 2008, where she is also the Eliel Saarinen Collegiate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning. She also taught at the GSD for 12 years, joining the faculty in 1996 as a professor of architecture and director of the digital lab. Read Princeton’s full announcement.
June 2015
posted June, 2015
Thomas Luebke MArch ’91 Honored with AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture
This year’s AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture honors Thomas Luebke MArch ’91, for his steadfast leadership of the United States Commission of Fine Arts during a time of unprecedented change for the federal core of the District of Columbia.
March 2015
posted March, 2015
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 Wins His 16th P/A Award
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 has won his 16th P/A Award for the Ordos 20+10 Office Complex.
March 2015
posted March, 2015
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93, Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91 Firm Profiled in Video by Architect Magazine
Architect Magazine visited the office of NADAAA for a video profile of the firm for its “Architect Visits” series. In the video, principals Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 and Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93 explain how their research and in-house fabrication is posing a challenge to the building industry to rethink methods of production. Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91 is also a partner at NADAAA.
January 2015
posted January, 2015
Patrick Daly MArch ’91, Riki Nishimura MAUD ’03, and James Lord MLA ’96 Compete to Design AZ City Center
Patrick Daly MArch ’91, Riki Nishimura MAUD ’03, and James Lord MLA ’96 worked on a paid competition for the design of the City of Mesa City Center in Arizona. They presented their work to the mayor, city council and the people of Mesa in August. Results will be announced later this month. Learn more about their concept for the project here.
October 2014
posted October, 2014
Patrick Daly MArch ’91 and Riki Nishimura MAUD ’03 Firm Honored with 2014 Merit Award for Urban Design
Woods Baget, the global design and consulting firm featuring two GSD alums, Patrick Daly MArch ’91, Director and Executive Chairman for the North American division, and Riki Nishimura MAUD ’03, Director of Urban Strategies, was honored with a 2014 Merit Award for Urban Design. The firm won for their project Shenzhen Hybrid City in Shenzhen, China.
October 2014
posted October, 2014
John Ronan MArch ’91 Firm to Design New Building for Illinois Institute of Technology
John Ronan Architects, the Chicago-based firm led by John Ronan MArch ’91, will be the design architect on the Illinois Institute of Technology’s planned Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship on the university’s main campus in Bronzeville, IL. The project—a $40 million, 100,000-square foot facility which could begin as early as summer 2015 with a completion date anticipated in 2017—will become part of the campus designed by Mies Van Der Rohe.
March 2014
posted March, 2014
Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91, Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93, Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91 Firm Receives Unbuilt Architecture Award
The firm led by Nader Tehrani MAUD ’91 in collaboration with partners Daniel Gallagher MArch ’91, and Katherine Faulkner MArch ’93, NADAAA, received an Unbuilt Architecture Award for the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Design; Unbuilt Architecture Citation for New Hampshire Retreat; Progressive Architecture Citation for University of Melbourne FABP; and a People’s Choice Award for Macallen Building at the 3rd Annual BSA Design Gala, which was held on January 30, 2014.
February 2014
posted February, 2014