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Nicolas Fayad

Nicolas Fayad founded East architecture studio with Charles Kettaneh in 2015. Based in Lebanon and now the United Arab Emirates, the practice won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for their refurbishment of an Oscar Niemeyer pavilion in Tripoli in 2022. Tim spoke to them in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, at the opening of their temporary prayer space at the Islamic Arts Biennale.

 

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