Nabil Gholam
French-Lebanese architect
Nabil Gholam (born 1962 in Beirut, Arabic: نبيل غلام) is a French-Lebanese architect, urban planner and the founder of Nabil Gholam Architects (ngª). In 2010, Monocle magazine has called Gholam a "leading" architect in Lebanon.2
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Born 1962.1
About
In Modern Architecture: A Critical History, critic Kenneth Frampton cited Gholam's colony of holiday chalets at Faqra as one of "two works [which] promise a renewal of Lebanese architecture".
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Companies
- Nabil Gholam ArchitectsFounder11
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: architect.5
- Date not recordedFounded Nabil Gholam Architects4
Known for: Platinum Tower.6
Nabil Gholam first studied Architecture at the UP-Paris Villemin (now merged into École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-Val de Seine) and received the French DPLG degree in 1986. He then completed studies in Urban Planning at the Graduate School of Architecture of Columbia University in New York City.
From 1988 to 1994 he worked at Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. In 1994 he came back to Beirut and founded Nabil Gholam Architects (ngª).
In Beirut, ngª had its first office on Rue Gouraud in 1994, then in 1995 on Abdelwahab al-Inglizi Street in Achrafieh. In 2002 the firm moved to the Beydoun building on Deir Nasra Street, and in 2011 to a converted industrial building in the Palais de justice neighborhood.
In 2004 the firm established a secondary office in Barcelona, and moved it to Seville in 2010.
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Personal life
Awards
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataNabil Gholam on Wikidata
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- 9WikidataNabil Gholam: award, on Wikidata
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- 11WikidataNabil Gholam Architects, Founder
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