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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has appointed Boston architect Nadaaa to the $40m reconfiguring of a suite of its galleries. The practice, led by principal designer Nader Tehrani, will work with Moody Nolan, the US’s largest African-American-owned and -managed practice, as architect of record on the 15,000sq ft project. The pair will undertake the complete renovation of the Met’s galleries for Ancient Near Eastern and Cypriot Art which currently occupy 11 rooms on the second floor. — Building Design
As detailed by The Met, the renovation will introduce architectural and design elements that reflect both the materials and geographic origins of the work on view. This will be evident in the Ancient Near Eastern Art galleries, which will be characterized by a series of architectural backdrops... View full entry
The firm, cofounded in 1982 by Moody’s father, Curt, and now the largest Black-owned architecture firm in the U.S., moved to refocus its giving on a more tangible outcome. The firm’s architects decided to put their money where their skills are and created the Legacy House project, a planned annual gift that will grant a free home to a family in need in one of the 11 cities where Moody Nolan has offices. — Fast Company
The high cost of homeownership is an increasingly large social and political issue that other architects are addressing with a variety of different experimental housing models. Moody Nolan was compelled to the measure after re-examining the tangible impacts of its annual donations in each of... View full entry
!["Dubbed America's 'Black Wall Street' the 35-block Greenwood District surrounding the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Archer Street became a prosperous center for black commerce in the early 1900s [...] the Greenwood District was the richest African-American neighborhood in North America." Text and Image courtesy of Greenwood Cultural Center](https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a1/a1e661195451876019391d9b4ec493be.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514 "\"Dubbed America's 'Black Wall Street' the 35-block Greenwood District surrounding the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Archer Street became a prosperous center for black commerce in the early 1900s [...] the Greenwood District was the richest African-American neighborhood in North America.\" Text and Image courtesy of Greenwood Cultural Center")
The importance of rebuilding and reclaiming America's Black communities is essential to honoring and understanding how social justice and design reform can improve the systemic and racial histories of cities across the nation. The Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is no exception. On... View full entry
Moody Nolan CEO Jonathan Moody, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, delivered a hopeful TED Talk at a TEDxKingLincolnBronzeville event back in October. Moody begins the talk with a confession — that designers have failed citizens in the community and that designers have been complicit in allowing... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects has revealed the recipient of this year's top accolades. The 2021 AIA Gold Medal goes to architect, educator, and sustainability pioneer Edward Mazria, FAIA, FRAIC. In a statement, the AIA points out that Mazria is being recognized for "his work sounding the... View full entry
