Nabil Gholam

Nabil Gholam is a Lebanese architect, urban planner and the founder of Nabil Gholam Architects (ngª). 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".[1]

Nabil Gholam
Born1962 (age 58–59)
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese and French
Alma materEcole d'architecture Paris-Villemin
Columbia University
OccupationArchitect
PracticeNabil Gholam Architects
BuildingsPlatinum Tower

Biography

Nabil Gholam first studied Architecture at the UP-Paris Villemin (now merged into École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-Val de Seine). He then completed studies in Urban Planning at the Graduate School of Architecture of Columbia University in New York City.[2]

After working for several years at Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, he founded Nabil Gholam Architects (ngª) in Beirut in 1994. In 2004 the firm established a secondary office in Barcelona, which relocated to Seville in 2010.[3]

Works
Platinum Tower in Beirut
  • Beirut Headquarters of CMA CGM (completed 2011)[7]
  • House in the village of Bois-de-Boulogne above Beirut (completed 2012).[8] This house won Honorable Mention in Architectural Design / Residential Architecture from Architecture Masterprize.[9]
  • Skygate Tower in Beirut (completed 2014)[11]

Notes
  1. Kenneth Frampton (2020). Modern Architecture: A Critical History. Thames & Hudson. p. 454.
  2. "N. Gholam & G. Crédoz". House of Today.
  3. Liyan Al Jabi. "Interview// Nabil Gholam on his book eastwest". herskhazeen.
  4. "Cityscape 2005 Awards". Architecture Week. 7 December 2005.
  5. Brooke Anderson (21 March 2014). "Architect celebrates 20 years of rebuilding in Beirut". The Daily Star.
  6. Marwan G. Nassar (26 June 2018). "Saifi Village is a residential upscale neighbourhood in Beirut, Lebanon". Lebanon in a picture.
  7. "CMA-CGM Headquarters / Nabil Gholam Architects". ArchDaily.
  8. Lucy Wang (11 October 2018). "War ruins are reborn as a sustainable home in Lebanon". InHabitat.
  9. "The House with Two Lives". Architecture Masterprize.
  10. "Irani Oxy Engineering Complex (IOEC) at AUB by Nabil Gholam Architects". ArchiLeb.
  11. "Evolving Skylines 01: Sky Gate Beirut", Monocle, p. 198, December 2013
  12. Kaelen Wilson-Goldie (30 July 2005), "Designing the Gulf: On the edge of contradiction", The Daily Star
  13. "Doha Oasis: Ambitious mixed-use scheme incorporating a mall and theme park in 6-storey basement". AKT.


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