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Nader Tehrani

American architect

Nader Tehrani (born 1963 in London) is an Iranian-American designer and educator.2

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Born 1963.1

About

In 2011 in partnership with Katherine Faulkner, Tehrani founded NADAAA, a practice dedicated to the advancement of design innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and an intensive dialogue with the construction industry. The two were later joined by partner Arthur Chang. Tehrani is the former Dean of the Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Previously he was a professor of architecture at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, where he served as head of the department from 2010 to 2014, MIT. He previously founded Office dA in 1986 with Rodolphe el-Khoury, later being joined by Mónica Ponce de León in 1991.

Tehrani has taught at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology where he served as the Thomas W. Ventulett III Distinguished Chair in Architectural Design, and University of Toronto as the Frank O. Gehry International Visiting Chair at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. Tehrani was the 2017/2018 William A. Bernoudy Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. Tehrani is the 2019 Inaugural Paul Helmle Fellow at the California State Polytechnic University.

Tehrani is the recipient of the 2020 American Academy of Arts and Letters Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedRhode Island School of Design3
  • Date not recordedHarvard Graduate School of Design3
  • Date not recordedHotchkiss School3

He was raised in Pakistan, South Africa, Iran, and the United States.

Tehrani received a B.F.A. and a B. Arch from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1985 and 1986 respectively. He continued his studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, where he attended the Post-Graduate program in History and Theory and in the European Honors program in Rome. Upon his return to United States, Tehrani received an M.A.U.D from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1991.

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Career

Occupation: architect.8

  • 2010 to 2014Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture7
  • Date not recordedWorked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture4 5
  • Date not recordedFounded NADAAA6

Adams Street Branch Library, Boston, MA (2020)

MIT Site 4, Boston, MA (2020)

Villa Varoise, South of France (2019)

North Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (2019)

University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, Toronto, Canada (2018)

Beaver Country Day School, Boston, MA (2017)

Rock Creek House, Washington DC (2016)

Tanderrum Bridge, Melbourne, Australia (2016)

University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne, Australia (2014)

Aesop Stores: Hong Kong, Soho New York, San Francisco (2013)

Raemian Model Home Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2012)

Newton House, Newton, MA (2011)

Hinman Research Building, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (2011)

Banq, Boston, MA (2008)

Macallen Building, Boston, MA (2007)

Helios House, Los Angeles (2007)

Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (2006)

House in New England, Massachusetts (2003)

Tongxian Gatehouse, Beijing, China (2003)

Upper Crust, Charles Street, Boston, MA (2001)

Mantra, Boston, MA (2001)

Back Bay Residence, Boston, MA (2001)

Harvard Graduate School of Design Offices, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2000)

Inter-faith Spiritual Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA(1998)

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Personal life

  • Born1963, London9
  • CitizenshipUnited States10

Awards

  • 2023Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences11 12

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