Space City presents architect & educator Nader Tehrani, NADAAA - Boston

Space City and AIA Seattle present architect & educator Nader Tehrani from NADAA - Boston! Join us at the Frye Art Museum.

For his “contributions to architecture as an art”, Nader 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. With nineteen Progressive Architecture Awards, he is also an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Design, and recipient of the Design Visionary Award from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Tehrani is the Founding Principal of NADAAA, an interdisciplinary practice with works in infrastructure, urbanism, architecture, and installations. The former Head of the Department of Architecture at MIT (2010-14), Tehrani was also Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union (2015-22). His work is featured in the permanent collections of the CCA and Nasher Museum, and NADAAA has been widely exhibited at MOMA, LA MOCA and the Venice Biennale.

Mr. Tehrani is here in Seattle to serve on the AIA Seattle 2025 Honor Awards jury, culminating November 3 with a Town Hall event. 2025 Honor Awards | AIA Seattle

Come early to enjoy the multiple art exhibits currently at the Frye. Admission included. The cafe will have happy hour food and drink. Our talk begins at 5:30 in the 140 seat auditorium.

Pictured: work by NADAAA

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