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Karim Nader Studio
169 Arz Street
Beirut
Lebanon

Terra 8 / July 3, 2023 by Karim Nader

How do we inhabit the slope of the Metn in Lebanon in the 2020s? Terra 8 creates a contemporary take on such a village life in nature.

Competition. (2nd Prize)

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RESIDENTIAL September 29, 2023

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 August 16, 2026

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

Lavender House / September 8, 2022 by Karim Nader

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

Built.

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HOUSE August 15, 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.

Unbuilt.

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INDUSTRIAL May 03, 2026

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
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