This lecture cancelled

Nader Tehrani

Office dA, Boston, Massachusetts

Monday, March 26, 2007
6:30 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall

PSA Dewberry Lecture

Design Principal
Office dA, 6/86 · present

Adjunct Professor
Harvard Graduate School of Design, 6/98 - present

M.A.U.D. June 1991
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Department of Urban Planning and Design

B. Arch. May, 1986
B.F.A. May, 1985
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Department of Architecture

Nader Tehrani received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor in Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1985 and 1986 respectively. He continued his studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design where he received a Masters of Architecture in Urban Design in 1991. He also attended a post-graduate program in History and Theory at the Architectural Association in London. An Adjunct Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Tehrani has also taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, M.I.T, and Georgia Institute of Technology where he served as the Thomas W. Ventulett III Distinguished Chair in Architectural Design.

In the academic context, Nader Tehrani has focused on research surrounding materials, methods of aggregations, geometry and the advancement of digital fabrication. His participation in the Immaterial/Ultra-material Exhibition at the GSD is also paralleled by his installations at the Museum of Modern Art, Sci-Arc, and Georgia Tech, investigating new means and methods of fabrication in wood, steel, rope and polycarbonate. In the professional context, Nader Tehrani is a principal at Office dA, where he has received numerous international awards, including eight Progressive Architecture awards, the Harleston Parker Award and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The built work of Office dA includes the Northeastern University Spiritual Life Center, the RISD Library, The New England House and the Tongxian Arts Center in Beijing, all of which are widely published or awarded. More recently, Office dA is completing the Macallen building in Boston and has won the Villa Moda Competition in Kuwait, a multi-purpose project including a hotel, arena, spa, retail and commercial spaces.