An Interview with Nader Ardalan.
Introduction by Ahmad Zohadi
Theme: 2A Continental Architectural Awards (2ACAA)
Berlin, October 2017
Biography:
Nader Ardalan Co- Convener of the ACSF 10 Symposium, is an Architec, President of Ardalan Association, he is a recognized leader and expert in the field of environmentally sustainable and culturally relevant design.
He holds a BArch from Carnegie-Mellon University and MArch from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, where he served as Senior Research Associate and co-editor for Persian Gulf Encyclopedia for Sustainable Urbanism and author of Blessed Jerusalem. He is co-author of The Sense of Unity (2000); The New Arab Urbanism in the Persian Gulf (2011); and other publications. He has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard, Yale, MIT and Tehran University. He was a founding member of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Steering Committee, and has served on the advisory boards of 2A Art & Architecture Magazine and the International Journal of Islamic Architecture.
He is currently on the Boar of Directors of the ACSF.
Ahmad Zohadi is Editor in Chief of 2A Magazine and Head of Organizing Committee of 2ACAA
He is also Founder and Director of 2A City- Architecture Movie Award, 2A Paragon City (Urban Interaction Forum), 2A ArchiPedia, 2A Inistitute of Architecture & Design, 2A Center for Regional Researches & Developments, 2A Art Gallery (Presentation of Creativity and Innovation)