Amale Andraos
ArchitectCultural & CivicSustainable DesignCo-founder & Principal at WORKac
Amale Andraos, born in Beirut, is a principal and co-founder of WORKac, the New York architecture firm she started in 2003. She is Professor and Dean Emeritus of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where she was the school's first woman dean, also serving as Architecture Advisor to the President and Special Advisor for the Climate School. Her work with WORKac has included Edible Schoolyards in Brooklyn and Harlem and public libraries in Queens and Brooklyn. She trained earlier at OMA and has co-authored several publications, including "Architecture and Representation: the Arab City."
Experience
- Current
Dean
Columbia University GSAPP
2014 – 2021
Architect
OMA
2002
Past projects
- 2025
Residential · Hopkinton, RI
Compact residential structure with passive house energy standards and ecological design
Buildings for People and Plants
North Boulder Library
North Boulder, CO
Edible Schoolyard NYC at P.S. 7
Cultural · Brooklyn, NY
Public education and landscape integration project
Edible Schoolyard NYC at P.S. 216
Cultural · Harlem, NY
Public education and landscape integration project
Blaffer Museum Expansion and Renovation
Cultural · Houston, TX
Museum expansion at University of Houston
RISD Student Success Center
Healthcare-Education · Providence, RI
Student center at Rhode Island School of Design
Beirut Museum of Art
Cultural · Beirut, Lebanon
In progress
Awards & press
2023 Arts and Letters Award in Architecture
2023
#1 Design Firm in the US
Architect Magazine
Firm of the Year
AIA New York State
AN Best Design Awards, Honorable Mention in Residential
2025 · For Riverhouse project
Education
Harvard Graduate School of Design
M.Arch
