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.[1] 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".[2]
Nabil Gholam نبيل غلام | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | French and Lebanese |
| Alma mater | Paris-Villemin Columbia University |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Nabil Gholam Architects |
| Buildings | Platinum Tower, Sky Gate Beirut |
Career
editNabil 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.[3]
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.[4]
In 2004 the firm established a secondary office in Barcelona, and moved it to Seville in 2010.[5]
Works
editThis list only includes those ngª projects that were actually built, ranked by chronological order of completion.[6]
- Sabbagh and Codsi House in Yarze near Beirut (1996–1999)[7]
- National Shipping Company Headquarters, Beirut (1996–2001)[8]
- Emaar Towers 1 & 2, Dubai (2000–2003)[9]
- Home for Tania Fares in the mountains above Beirut (2000–2004)[10]
- La Pajarita family home in Carmona, Spain, with Ana Corberó (2002–2009)[11]
- Demerdjian House in Rabieh near Beirut (2003–2009)[12]
- Platinum Tower in Beirut, with Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura (2002–2009)
- Kempinski Hotel in Aqaba, Jordan (2004–2009), on the Red Sea waterfront[13]
- Buildings at Saifi 146 (2001–2009), Foch 94 (2004–2010), and Waqf Foch (2002–2011) in Beirut Central District and Saifi Village[14][15]
- Clouds Faqra Club in Faqra (2005–2010)[16]
- Garden View building, Beirut (2004–2011)[17]
- CMA CGM Beirut Headquarters (2005–2011)[18]
- Harbor Tower, Beirut (2006–2012), a 24-storey residential development[19]
- House for Philippe Jabre on the ruins of a 1930s villa destroyed during the Lebanese Civil War above Beirut (2005–2012).[20][21]
- Irani Oxy Engineering Complex (IOEC) on the campus of American University of Beirut (2005–2013), the first project in Lebanon registered for a LEED certification[22]
- Sky Gate tower in Beirut (2007–2014), Beirut's tallest building at the time of completion and now its third-tallest[23]
- Beirut Marina Yacht Club & Zaitunay Bay (2002–2014), in association with Steven Holl and L.E.FT. Architects[24]
- Saifi Plaza first phase, Beirut (2005–2017)
- Qortuba Oasis (Wadi Qortuba), Riyadh (2012–2018)[25]
- Golden Tower, Jeddah (2011–2018)[26]
- Dalfa Seafront on Corniche Beirut, Ras Beirut (2016–2019)
- Doha Oasis complex (2010–2020) in Doha, Qatar[27][28]
Awards
edit- 2005 CityScape Award for Doha Gardens development design in Khobar, Dammam metropolitan area, Saudi Arabia[29]
- 2006 MIPIM AR Future Projects Award, overall winner and winner in the "Masterplanned Communities" category, also for Doha Gardens in Khobar
- 2012 Green GOOD Design Award from Chicago Athenaeum and European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, for the IOEC Building at AUB[30]
- Honorable Mention in Architectural Design / Residential Architecture from Architecture Masterprize, for the Jabre house[31]
Gallery
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Platinum Tower, aerial view -
CMA CGM Headquarters, Beirut -
Irany Oxy Engineering Complex, American University of Beirut -
Irany Oxy Engineering Complex -
Sky Gate Beirut (center) -
Allenby Gate, Beirut -
Saifi Plaza, Beirut
Notes
edit- ^ "Rebuilding Beirut", Monocle, vol. 38/04, p. 22, November 2010
- ^ Kenneth Frampton (2020). Modern Architecture: A Critical History. Thames & Hudson. p. 454.
- ^ "N. Gholam & G. Crédoz". House of Today.
- ^ "Nabil Gholam Architects". Archipendium.
- ^ Liyan Al Jabi (February 2015). "Interview// Nabil Gholam on his book eastwest". herskhazeen.
- ^ Warren Singh-Bartlett (2015). Eastwest: Nabil Gholam Architects. Oscar Rieja Ojeda Publishers.
- ^ "Sabbagh and Codsi House". ArchNet.
- ^ "National Shipping Company". ArchNet.
- ^ "Emaar HQ". Bureau d'Etudes Rodolphe Mattar.
- ^ Bagley, Christopher (3 January 2018). "Inside the Lebanon Home of Tania Fares, Fashion's Well-Traveled Power Broker". Women's Fashion & Celebrity News. W Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Celia Lyttleton (June 2015), "Terrain in Spain", The World of Interiors
- ^ "D House". Bureau d'Etudes Rodolphe Mattar.
- ^ "Kempinski Resort Aqaba". Architects77.
- ^ Brooke Anderson (21 March 2014). "Architect celebrates 20 years of rebuilding in Beirut". The Daily Star.
- ^ Marwan G. Nassar (26 June 2018). "Saifi Village is a residential upscale neighbourhood in Beirut, Lebanon". Lebanon in a picture.
- ^ "Lebanon ski villas, 'Clouds' in the exclusive Faqra Club by Nabil Gholam Architects". ReTalk MENA. 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Garden View". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "CMA-CGM Headquarters / Nabil Gholam Architects". ArchDaily.
- ^ "Harbor Tower". Emporis.[dead link]
- ^ Lucy Wang (11 October 2018). "War ruins are reborn as a sustainable home in Lebanon". InHabitat.
- ^ Brooke Anderson (22 January 2015). "Damaged by War, a Villa in Lebanon Gets a Transformation". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Irani Oxy Engineering Complex (IOEC) at AUB by Nabil Gholam Architects". ArchiLeb.
- ^ "Evolving Skylines 01: Sky Gate Beirut", Monocle, p. 198, December 2013
- ^ "Beirut Marina - Zaitunay Bay". Steven Holl Architects. 2014.
- ^ "Qortuba Oasis". archello.
- ^ "Golden Tower, Jeddah". Skyrise Cities.
- ^ Kaelen Wilson-Goldie (30 July 2005), "Designing the Gulf: On the edge of contradiction", The Daily Star
- ^ "Doha Oasis: Ambitious mixed-use scheme incorporating a mall and theme park in 6-storey basement". AKT.
- ^ "Cityscape 2005 Awards". Architecture Week. 7 December 2005.
- ^ Sierra Millman (Fall 2012). "Going Greener" (PDF). MainGate.
- ^ "The House with Two Lives". Architecture Masterprize.