Amale Andraos

Amale Andraos
Andraos at 2015 Koolhaas Lecture
Born 1972/1973 (age 45–46)[1]
Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality American, Lebanese
Alma mater
Occupation Architect
Practice Work Architecture Company
Projects
  • Hua Qiang Bei Road
  • Centre de Conferences in Libreville, Gabon[2]
  • New Holland Island Cultural Center Masterplan
  • Edible Schoolyards at PS216 in Brooklyn and PS7 in Harlem, New York[3]
  • Wieden+Kennedy New York Headquarters

Amale Andraos (born 1972 or 1973)[1] is a New York-based architect. She is dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.[4] She is the co-founder of WORKac with her husband, Dan Wood.[5]

Early years

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Andraos has lived in Saudi Arabia, France, Canada and the Netherlands. She holds a B. Arch from McGill University in Montreal and a Master of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[6][7] She is the daughter of a Beirut-based architect and realized her passion for architecture while observing his practice.[1]

Work

Prior to becoming the first female dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Andraos taught at numerous universities including the Princeton University School of Architecture, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and the American University in Beirut.[8] Her recent design studios and seminars have focused on the Arab City, which has become the subject of a series of symposia entitled "Architecture and Representation" held at Studio-X Amman in 2013 and on campus in New York in the fall of 2014. Her publications include 49 Cities, a re-reading of 49 visionary plans through an ecological lens (Inventory Press, 3rd edition, 2015),[9] Above the Pavement, the Farm! (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010),[10] and The Arab City: Architecture and Representation (Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2016).[11] Andraos was named one of the "25 Most Admired Educators for 2016" by DesignIntelligence, which describes her as integrating "real world problems into the curriculum with a bold vision and strong leadership."[12]

In 2003, Andraos and husband, Dan Wood, founded WORKac, a New York-based architectural and urban practice with international reach.[13] The practice has achieved international recognition for projects such as the competition-winning designs for Hua Qiang Bei Road, Shenzhen, the Centre de Conferences in Libreville, Gabon and the New Holland Island Cultural Center in St. Petersburg, Diane von Furstenberg Studio Headquarters, Public Farm 1 for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, the Edible Schoolyards at PS216 in Brooklyn and PS7 in Harlem, NY as well as the new office headquarters for Wieden+Kennedy, also in New York.[14] Current projects include a new storefront for a Parking Garage in Miami,[15] a residential conversion of a historic New York cast-iron building and a Master Plan for seven university campuses for Weifang, China in collaboration with Studio Pei-Zhu, SLAB, SCAPE.[16] Andraos describes her firms work as an "intersection of the urban, the rural, and the natural."[17] WORKac has won numerous awards including a 2015 Honor Award from the AIA NY for the Beijing Horticultural Expo Master Plan – also in collaboration with Studio Pei-Zhu, SLAB and SCAPE.[18]

Before co-founding WORKac, Andraos held positions at Rem Koolhaas/OMA in Rotterdam, Netherlands and New York, New York, Saucier + Perrotte in Montreal, Quebec, and Atelier Big City also in Montreal, Quebec.[19]

As of October 2015, Andraos serves as a board member for the Architectural League of New York as well as the Arab Center for Architecture. She is also a member of the faculty steering committee of the Columbia Global Centers, Middle East and Columbia Global Centers, Turkey.[20]

Selected awards and honors

2006

  • AIA NY Chapter Merit Interior Architecture Award – Lee Angel Showroom
  • "Design Vanguard." Architectural Record
  • "New Practices, New York." AIA NY and Architects' Newspaper

2007

  • "New York Designs." Architectural League

2008

  • Best of the Best Awards, McGraw Hill Construction
  • Structural Engineering Merit Award. Public Farm 1. SEAoNY
  • "Year in Architecture – Top Ten Designs." New York Magazine
  • "Project of the Year: Park/Landscape" National. New York Construction/ENR
  • "Best Landscape/Urban Design Project." Regional. New York Construction
  • "Best Of Year" Award. Interior Design Magazine
  • AIA NY Chapter Merit Interior Architecture Award – Anthropologie Dos Lagos
  • "Emerging Voices." Architectural League of New York
  • MASterwork Award – Best Historic Renovation, Municipal Arts Society – Diane von Furstenberg Studio HQ
  • Young Architects Program, MoMA/PS1 Contemporary Art Center

2009

  • National Design Award Finalist – Interiors. Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
  • Engineering Excellence Diamond Award – Structural Systems. ACEC New York
  • AIA NY State Merit Award for Architecture – Public Farm 1

2010

  • Award for Excellence in Design – New York City Public Design Commission

2013

  • AIA NY Merit Interior Architecture Award – Children's Museum of the Arts
  • AIA NY Merit Award for Urban Design – New Holland Island
  • AIA Houston Merit Award for Renovation – Blaffer Art Museum
  • City of Houston "Best Of" Awards: Best College Campus Building, and Best Artistic Renovation – Blaffer Art Museum

2014

  • Interior Design Best Of Year Award – Wieden+Kennedy Offices
  • AIA New York State Design Citation – Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216
  • MASterworks Award – Best Green Design Initiative, Municipal Arts Society – Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216
  • AIA NY Merit Interior Architecture Award – Wieden+Kennedy Offices

2015

  • AIA New York State Firm of the Year
  • Arch Daily 2014 Building of the Year – Wieden+Kennedy Offices
  • AIA New York State Honor Award for Urban Design – Beijing Horticultural Expo Masterplan
  • Award for Excellence in Design – New York City Public Design Commission – Issue Project Room

2016

  • New Generation Leader, Architectural Record Women in Architecture Award[21]

Selected writing

  • 2016: "The Arab City: Architecture and Representation", Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
  • 2015: "Beyond Bigness: Re-Reading the Peutinger Map," The Avery Review, Issue 01
  • 2014: "Strategies of the Void," Perspecta 48: Amnesia
  • 2013: "Visionary Urbanism and its Agency," Zawia, Issue 1: Utopia
  • 2012: "Futura Bold," Another Pamphlet Issue 3: The Future!
  • 2010: "Interviews," Praxis Journal: Issue 11&12: 11 architects 12 conversations
  • 2009: "Public Farm 1," Design Ecologies (Princeton Architectural Press)
  • 2008: "Depave the Parking Lot and Put Back Paradise," Architecture Magazine
  • 2007: "Will the Real Dubai Please Stand Up?" Superlative City: Dubai and the Urban Condition in the Early Twenty-First Century; "Cadavre Exquis Lebanese" in Visionary Power: Producing the Contemporary City; "Dubai's Island Urbanism" in Cities from Zero
  • 2006: "A Program Primer," Praxis Journal 8: reProgramming.
  • 2005: "Why are we still learning from Las Vegas?" in Bidoun, Issue 04, Dubai

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Partners in Life and at Work Architecture Company". New York Sun. 2004-07-13. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  2. ↑ Rosenfield, Karissa. "WORKac to design new Assembly Hall in Central Africa". Arch Daily. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Mirviss, Laura. "WORKac Unveils Edible Schoolyard in Brooklyn". News. Architectural Record. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Aleksandr Bierig. "Amale Andraos Speaks | Architecture Education NOW 2015 |". Architectural Record. Archrecord.construction.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  5. ↑ "A Conversation With Amale Andraos". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  6. ↑ Amy Braunschweiger (13 July 2004). "Partners in Life and Work". New York Sun. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  7. ↑ "Faculty: Amale Andraos". Columbia GSAPP. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  8. ↑ Chaban, Matt. "New York Architect Picked to Lead Columbia University Architecture School". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  9. ↑ "49 Cities". Inventory Press. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  10. ↑ "Above the Pavement, the Farm!". Princeton Architectural Press. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  11. ↑ "The Arab City: Architecture and Representation". Columbia University Press. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  12. ↑ "25 Most Admired Educators for 2016". DesignIntelligence. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  13. ↑ Fred Bernstein. "Architect Rem Koolhaas's Protégés". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  14. ↑ Kelsey Keith (18 October 2012). "Nature vs. City: In Architect Dan Wood's World, Opposites Attract". The Atlantic – Citylab. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  15. ↑ Jason Sayer (8 February 2016). "Six Design Firms Team up for This Crazy Parking Garage Facade in the Miami Design District". Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  16. ↑ "Power 100: Amale Andraos". Surface Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  17. ↑ Studebaker, Luke (Fall 2014). "A Conversation With Amale Andraos". Log. 32: 103–107.
  18. ↑ "2015 AIANY Design Awards Winners". AIA New York. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  19. ↑ Eva Hagberg (July 2007). "On the Cusp". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  20. ↑ "Amale Andraos Named Dean of Columbia's Architecture School". Architectural Digest. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  21. ↑ "2016 Women in Architecture Award Recipients". Architectural Record. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

Bibliography

  • Architecture and Representation: the Arab City (2016), Columbia GSAPP Books on Architecture, ISBN 978-1941332146
  • Above the Pavement, the Farm! Architecture and Agriculture at PF1 (2010), Princeton Architectural Press, ISBN 978-0300191189
  • 49 Cities (2009), Storefront for Art and Architecture ISBN 978-1568989358, 3rd edition: Inventory Press (2015) ISBN 978-1941753057
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