| Nabil Gholam | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese and French |
| Alma mater | Ecole d'architecture Paris-Villemin |
| Awards | MIPIM AR Award 2006, Best of Show |
| Work | |
| Practice | Nabil Gholam Architecture & Planning |
| Buildings | Platinum Tower (Beirut) |
Nabil Gholam is a Lebanese architect whose firm, Nabil Gholam Architecture & Planning (NGAP), is one of the few widely recognized young architecture firms in the Middle East region.
Among other distinctions, NGAP won the all-categories Best of Show Award of the MIPIM / Architectural Review Future Projects Awards for the year 2006, for the urban project of Doha Gardens in Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Born in Beirut in 1962, Gholam studied architecture in Paris and worked with Ricardo Bofill until 1994, when he returned to Lebanon and founded NGAP. Since then he has built prominent projects mainly in Lebanon and the Arab world. In 1996 he married Ana Corbero, the Catalan-born visual artist.
In Beirut, his buildings and approved projects include Platinum Tower in the Beirut Marina (with Ricardo Bofill); parts of the Saifi Village and Beirut Gate developments adjacent to Martyrs' Square; the master plan for the redevelopment of the Wadi Abu Jamil neighborhood; several other projects in the Solidere area; and the Irani-Oxy Engineering Complex of the American University of Beirut.
Nabil is a judge at next months prestigious World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, from the 3 - 5 November, wwww.worldarchitecturefestival.com