2024-12-04T04:09:05-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150194813/nader-tehrani-jonathan-tate-among-2020-american-academy-of-arts-and-letters-architecture-award-winners Antonio Pacheco 2020-04-23T13:24:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/166d5cdefd432275f65c6d3c521365c5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/272625/american-academy-of-arts-and-letters" target="_blank">American Academy of Arts and Letters</a> has announced the recipients of its 2020 architecture awards.&nbsp;</p> <p>The four winning designers were selected from a pool of 34 applications, according to the Academy <a href="https://artsandletters.org/pressrelease/2020-architecture-award-winners/" target="_blank">website</a>, and were vetted by a jury chaired by <a href="https://archinect.com/selldorfarchitects" target="_blank">Annabelle Selldorf</a> that also included <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/4618/peter-eisenman-liberal-views-have-never-built-anything-of-any-value" target="_blank">Peter Eisenman</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/533/steven-holl" target="_blank">Steven Holl</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1065749/james-polshek" target="_blank">James Polshek</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/1492/twbta-tod-williams-billie-tsien" target="_blank">Billie Tsien, and Tod Williams</a>.</p> <p>The academy&rsquo;s four prizes will bring $10,000 in funding each to five designers and architectural thinkers who seek to push architecture into new realms of creativity and exploration.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bd/bd94a4bc9b7ba59e1abdc3d88758d3c4.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bd/bd94a4bc9b7ba59e1abdc3d88758d3c4.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The Macallen Building in Boston by NADAAA.</figcaption></figure> Nader Tehrani <p>Tehrani, who is&nbsp;principal of Boston-based <a href="https://archinect.com/nadaaa" target="_blank">NADAAA</a> and is also the dean of <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/697/the-cooper-union" target="_blank">Cooper Union&rsquo;s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture</a>,&nbsp;was awarded for &ldquo;significant contribution to architecture as an art.&rdquo; Previously published on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150096252/nader-tehrani-on-thesis-and-its-history-at-cooper-union" target="_blank">Nader Tehrani on Thesis and Its History at Cooper Union</a>.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/1712ca8bca75257ab863b53c560e19a7.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/1712ca8bca75257ab863b53c560e19a7.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Casa de Sombre. Image courtesy of Bade Stageberg Cox</figcaption></figure><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/14763687/bade-stageberg-cox" target="_blank">Bade Stageberg Cox</a>&nbsp; <p>The New York City-based firm Bad...</p>