Nader Tehrani

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Photo by Shane Antalick
Nader Tehrani
Photo by Shane Antalick
Photo by Shane Antalick
Iranian/American, b. 1963
For his contributions to architecture as an art, Tehrani is the recipient of The American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize, the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the United States. He is also the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Design, and the Design Visionary by Cooper Hewitt and the Smithsonian Museum of Design National Design awards. Tehrani is Founding Principal of NADAAA, an interdisciplinary practice with a body of work in infrastructure, urbanism, architecture, and installations. Tehrani is also the former Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union. The works of Nader Tehrani have been widely exhibited at MOMA, LA MOCA and ICA Boston.