Studio

  • Services

    Najmias Office for Architecture [NOA] offers a wide range of professional services related to the built environment; ranging from new buildings and masterplans to small interventions in existing buildings. The common denominator in this diverse portfolio is our experience that is based on finding the balance between an innovative and strong identity with the level of customer expectations and the overall quality of projects.

    Our experience with both public and private clients, has given the team the flexibility to meet customer requirements and needs while maintaining tight cost control. In NOA we formulate solutions that create a unique architectural identity, optimizing costs and maximizing the value of the project while considering the social, emotional and intellectual implications both to the environment and users we serve. Building without technical conflicts, new alternatives, and vigorous ideas is our goal. Building without technical conflicts, new alternatives, and vigorous ideas is our goal.

    A rigorous study of the program, and where appropriate a reinterpretation of it, allows us to propose solutions that are not only adequate as architecture but also as a business. In NOA we are strongly committed to achieving the aspirations of our customers. To accomplish this, our services are executed according to the highest standards based not only on local recommendations such as the CPAU but also RIBA[Reino Unido] and CAU [Brasil].

    Services

    • Preliminary Actions
      • buying advice
      • search and evaluation
    • Feasibility Studies
    • Draft
    • Project
    • Executive Project
    • Work Control

    Fields of action

    • Interior Design
    • Architecture
    • Urban Project
    • Landscape Architecture
    • Furniture and Object Desing
    • Refurbishment and Renewals
    • Exhibitions

    Uses

    • Housing
    • Retail
    • Hospitality
    • Recreation
    • Corporate
    • Cultural
    • Public
  • Some national clients

    Club Atlético Sefaradí Argentino
    Colegio Wolfsohn
    Juventus Lyrica
    Miraflores Country Club
    Servicios Portuarios Integrados SA
    Bar Dulce Buenos Aires
    Laboratorio de Biofísica Molecular, UBA
    Watch-Land SA
    Time Save SA
    Real Soft Solutions SA
    Familia BRNSTN [Belgrano R, BA]
    Familia TTMNT [Palermo, BA]
    Familia HJMN [Palermo, BA]

    Some international clients

    Hanssem Corp. [Korea]
    Enchanting Group [Mexico]
    Familia Granata [Brazil]
    Familia Blaindier [Brazil]

    Offices with whom we’ve collaborated

    Grinberg-Dwek-Iglesias arqs.
    a+p paisaje
    estudio plural

Philosophy

Najmias Office for Architecture is a small internationally award-winning architectural practice based in Buenos Aires.

The office has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions while the work of the studio has been published around the world. NOA has been sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture from the City of Buenos Aires.

Approach

NOA has a fascination with sustainable processes and generating innovative solutions from architecture and the impact this has on the daily lives of its users. Our research-based approach promotes space innovation in the fields of architecture, interior design, and furniture as well as the landscape, with a strong focus on the integration and the impact of the buildings on the environment and the environment. Each design comes from a deep study of the given conditions and challenges the current thinking, looking for solutions that are both appropriate and stimulating.

Each design comes from a deep study of the given conditions and challenges the current thinking, looking for solutions that are both appropriate and stimulating.

Iteration

Our way of approaching the design is the result of an iterative process of successive approximations, which allows a result of the highest quality to meet the aspirations of the client. As needed, we use interviews, diagrams, visualizations and physical models that enable us to wonder about the design, the site, the program, and the customer’s wishes.

Collaboration

NOA is flexible, creates working groups according to the needs of each project, forming the appropriate team both internally and externally. This collaborative model implemented since the beginning of NOA guarantees excellent results in the project.

Value

A design must be the most effective expression of the conditions under which it is created, regardless of the budget that is handled is high, medium or low created; in all cases, we focus on creating value respect budgets. Value embraces the concept of added value: the added value that good design brings to a product, a building or an urban environment as a long-term investment.

Oliverio Najmias

Oliverio Najmias is an architect with an outstanding academic and professional career. Graduated as an architect from the UBA -University of Buenos Aires- in 2000, where he ranked in the top 3% of his class, his passion and commitment to architecture and future generations led him to enter the academic world, beginning his teaching activity in 1998. He is currently Full Professor, tenure, (1st in the order of merit) of Introduction to Design Thinking, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Visiting Professor in the Specialization Program in Landscape Planning at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He was also Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of UTDT and has been Co-Director of workshops and academic programs at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro [Brasil], the University of Talca [Chile], the Javeriana [Colombia] and the University of Johannesburg [Sudáfrica].

He has received two academic merit mentions for his contributions to architectural projects and has published articles in specialized magazines and books. In addition, he has been a lecturer at various institutions and has participated as a jury member in international architectural competitions [Czech Republic, South Africa and Taiwan].

In 2007, Najmias Office of Architecture [NOA] was founded and has been under the direction of Oliverio Najmias since then. It is a studio dedicated to the research and development of innovative solutions in architecture, interior design, and landscape, with a strong focus on integrating the built environment with its surrounding context and considering its impact on individuals and the natural world.

He won his first international award in 2002 with the Silver Medal in the Design Beyond East and West International Competition [Corea]. In 2011he is distinguished with the International Highly-Commended Americas Property Awards Single Residence [Reino Unido]. From NOA, or as an associated company, he has been awarded the following national prizes: 1˚ Prize Urban Project Prize, FADU Biennial. [2019]; 3˚ Prize Urban Project Award, Biennial FADU [2019]; Distinguished Work BIA-AR [2018]; 1˚ Prize National Competition for the Colegiales Railwaystation Masterplan [2017]; 2˚ Prize National Competiton for the Park of the City [2017]; 3˚ Prize Arq Award [2011] and Bicentennial Prize Finalist [2010] among others.

The projects carried out by his studio have been published in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. And he has had an outstanding participation in important biennials and exhibitions, highlighting his participation in the Rotterdam Biennial, the 6th Sao Paulo Biennial, the COAM in Madrid, the Cultural Center in Vitoria Gasteiz, the Virserum Art Museum in Sweden and the Irreverentes Tour in Mexico. 

Oliverio Najmias is a member of the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos, the Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, the Colegio de Arquitectos de Neuquén and has twice been a member of the Honour Board of the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos.

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