Michel Abboud

Michel Abboud
Born(1977-12-21)December 21, 1977
Beirut, Lebanon
Alma materColumbia University, GSAPP, New York
OccupationArchitect & Artist
Notable workPark51, 45 Park Place, 50 Lispenard, One at Palm, Langham Hotel, Unilux, Wave, Amchit Bay, Workshop,

Michel Abboud is an architect and artist based in New York. He is the founding principal of SOMA Architects, an architectural firm established in 2004 in New York City. Abboud has won the AIA Gold Medal and the James Beard award in 2015,[1] and is a two-time winner of the Architizer A+ award.[2]

In 2010, he was awarded the Park51 Islamic Cultural Center project, infamously dubbed the “Ground Zero Mosque”, with one journalist calling him ‘the most controversial architect the US has known'.[3] The project was ultimately shelved in favor of 45 Park Place, a 665-foot condominium tower also designed by Abboud.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Congratulations to the Two Winners of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Restaurant Design Awards". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. ^ "Winners – Architizer A+ Awards". Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  3. ^ Raidy, Mary-Joe (January 2019). "Architectural Visions". Cedar Wings Magazine.
  4. ^ World Trade Center Mosque and Community Center Design Unveiled Park51 Soma Architects Rendering - Gallery Page 3 – Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture,...
  5. ^ On paper, N.Y. Islamic center looks secular - US news - Life - Faith | NBC News
  6. ^ The Architect of the Ground Zero ‘Mosque’ is a Lebanese Christian | The New York Observer