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Karim Nader Studio
169 Arz Street
Beirut
Lebanon

Ski In / November 27, 2022 by Karim Nader

How to make an ode to the slope in the mountains of Lebanon.

Unbuilt.

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HOUSE September 02, 2024

Case Study in Bakish / September 8, 2022 by Karim Nader

Once again in greys, a very small house becomes three.

Ongoing.

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HOUSE February 27, 2025

Fields of Gold / July 21, 2022 by Karim Nader

How to retreat in a field of mimosas while looking at the wondrous valleys and mountains of Tyre in the south of Lebanon.

Unbuilt.

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HOUSE September 02, 2024

Fortress of Love / June 14, 2022 by Karim Nader

Based on a fictive novel entitled “The Monk and the Prince,” the story of returning to the roots in Hasbaya, across generations.

Unbuilt.

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MIXED-USE June 11, 2023

Drawn in a Triangle / June 13, 2022 by Karim Nader

A House in Faqra experiments with the possibility of polar opposition: light/heavy, present/absent, low-tech/high-tech, straight/oblique.

Unbuilt.

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HOUSE September 02, 2024

A Stone House / March 5, 2022 by Karim Nader

Or how to make a simple house in Kahlouniyeh, in stone and glass, radically.

Ongoing.

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HOUSE September 30, 2022

The Light Box / March 5, 2022 by Karim Nader

As there is light, there is shadow. Lightbox returns to Pasteur street in Beirut.

Built.

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COMMERCIAL, OFFICES April 20, 2023

Sursock 14ème / February 10, 2022 by Karim Nader

Or how to resurrect an apartment by the Beirut port through emotional memory and a collection of family antiques.

Built.

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APARTMENT April 20, 2023

HOUSEMUSEUM / January 24, 2022 by Karim Nader

A new name for an inside-out experience of nature and art appreciation.

Unbuilt.

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HOUSE September 30, 2022

La Montre / January 24, 2022 by Karim Nader

Yehya sells watches and jewelry. The moving to a new location in Verdun is the occasion to reflect on notions of time, spatial sequence and the cinematic.

Built.

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COMMERCIAL #yehyastory February 10, 2022

The Glass Factory / January 7, 2022 by Karim Nader

In the region of the Chouf a Glass Factory is surmounted with aluminum in blues like the sky, and it comes in several shades.

Ongoing.

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INDUSTRIAL March 15, 2024

The Invisible Piacenza / September 21, 2021 by Karim Nader

In homage to Calvino, a teacher and his 29 students return to Piacenza virtually to invent a prospective ecological future for the city on potents ruins of the past.

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URBAN October 18, 2021

Mawad - The Art of Matter / June 12, 2021 by Karim Nader

Building upon ruins, Mawad relocates post-blast nearby the Beirut port.

Built.

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COMMERCIAL #mawadstory January 08, 2022

Chalet 4H / May 2, 2021 by Karim Nader

4 H columns to make a chalet afloat.

Ongoing.

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HOUSE #4hstory December 22, 2022

Aurora Winemakers / May 2, 2021 by Karim Nader

On a site steeped with history in Kfarchleimen, winemakers of the second generation extend their vineyards, build their winery and expand into a venue.

Competition. (Finalist)

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MIXED-USE August 01, 2021

La Maison Ivoire / May 2, 2021 by Karim Nader

On an exact point above the equator, an “impluvium” house to circumbulate around the sun and to reminisce the iconic modernism of the Hôtel Ivoire nearby.

Built.

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HOUSE #ivoirestory September 19, 2024

The Orchard / December 15, 2020 by Karim Nader

Or how to return to the homeland to dwell in the fruitful south of Lebanon.

Ongoing.

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HOUSE #orchardstory September 30, 2022

On the Rocks / December 1, 2020 by Karim Nader

It is on and within shades of natural and man-made greys that he seeks to retreat.

Built.

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HOUSE #ontherocksstory June 21, 2022

10 Schools Repair / October 23, 2020 by Karim Nader

As part of the relief efforts for rebuilding Beirut, the studio teams up with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to repair 10 schools in Beirut.

Built.

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INSTITUTIONAL #SDCStory April 20, 2023

Maison de Poupée / October 21, 2020 by Karim Nader

Moving in Beirut as the stage-set for living within miniature doll houses

Unbuilt.

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APARTMENT October 21, 2020
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