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Omar Gandhi
Omar Gandhi is the Principal of Omar Gandhi Architects, an architectural practice founded in 2010 with small teams in both Halifax and Toronto.
ANCHORAGE – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
Anchorage Museum Auditorium (Use 7th Ave. Entrance) - 7PM
FAIRBANKS – THURSDAY, MARCH 27
Gather AK (714 3rd Ave) - 6:30PM
JUNEAU – FRIDAY, MARCH 28
Gold Town Theater (171 Shattuck Way, Suite 109) - 5:30PM
ADF SPEAKER SERIES
Omar Gandhi is the Principal of Omar Gandhi Architects, an architectural practice founded in 2010 with small teams in both Halifax and Toronto.
In its early years, his studio was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Professional Prix de Rome, was included in Wallpaper* Magazine’s Architects Directory, and Omar himself was named as one of Monocle Magazine’s ‘Most Influential Canadians’.
Omar was chosen as one of the Architectural League of New York’s ‘Emerging Voices’ of 2016 and in 2018, was appointed the Louis I. Kahn visiting Assistant Professorship in Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture.
Most recently, Omar Gandhi Architect was the recipient of a 2018 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture for its work on Rabbit Snare Gorge and honored as the only Canadian practice in Architectural Record Magazine’s 2018 Design Vanguard. In 2020, the studio was part of the team awarded the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and in 2021, completed the revitalization of one of Canada’s most Iconic landmarks, Peggy’s Cove.
Omar was made a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Association of Canada in 2022.
Learn more about Omar and his work:
omargandhi.com
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Omar Gandhi, Architect, Toronto
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