AWARDS
Mazen Sakr
Principal
Mazen is a Principal at AW–ARCH, and is involved with all phases of project development for many institutional, commercial, and residential projects at AW–ARCH. His ability to maintain a holistic understanding of a project while interpreting its design essentials into constructible reality makes him an important member of AW–ARCH’s team for such projects as Harvard University’s Knafel Center at the Radcliffe Institute, Gemma Observatory, and Emigrant Lake Boathouse. Mazen is founder of the online journal The Lebanon Architect and is a recipient of the Alpha Rho Chi Bronze Medal. He is a lecturer in Architectural Design at Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences and has been a visiting critic at architecture schools locally and in the Midwest.
Mazen has an M.Arch. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a B.S. summa cum laude from Kent State University.
Alex Anmahian, AIA
Co-Founder / Principal
(he/him)
Alex Anmahian co-founded AW–ARCH in 1992. For more than 30 years, the firm has completed a broad range of notable institutional, commercial, and residential projects in the US and abroad. Alex and co-founder Nick Winton direct the design of all projects at AW, including buildings, art installations, industrial objects, and furniture. The firm's work has been published widely and has been awarded the highest honors within the design industry.
In addition to AW's practice, Alex teaches, lectures, and serves as visiting critic at leading design schools, both nationally and internationally. He has served on the Board of ArchitectureBoston magazine, on the Board of Directors of the Boston Architectural College, and on the Board of Directors of the Boston Society of Architects, including as its Commissioner of Design.
Alex received an M.Arch. from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, thesis with distinction, and a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Florida.