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Karim Nader Studio
169 Arz Street
Beirut
Lebanon

A Tower of Earth / June 14, 2023 by Karim Nader

Riyadh is in transition. An office tower in the 2020s builds on the earth and looks towards a hopeful future.

Unbuilt.

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MIXED-USE #towerofearthstory March 28, 2024

Le 1935 / June 14, 2023 by Karim Nader

How to operate an architectural kintsugi on 1935 Beirut.

Unbuilt.

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HOSPITALITY #le1935story April 23, 2024

Gemini House / February 14, 2023 by Karim Nader

An apartment as an autobiography, the Gemini House is split in two to reminisce its old uses while it paves the way for a new potential.

Built.

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APARTMENT #knloft, #knloftstory June 11, 2023

The Silent House / November 27, 2022 by Karim Nader

Living in the desert brings its own colors, its earthiness and its evanescent mystery.

Ongoing.

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HOUSE June 14, 2023

Ski In / November 27, 2022 by Karim Nader

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

Under Construction.

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HOUSE January 30, 2026

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

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

Built.

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HOUSE March 06, 2026

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.

Under Construction.

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HOUSE #4hstory September 15, 2025

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
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