Chad Oppenheim is a Miami-based architect whose work has been praised for its ability to transform the prosaic into the poetic. Through passion and sensitivity towards man and nature, Oppenheim creates monumental yet silent architecture that elicits a site’s inherent power. A graduate of Cornell University and a Fellow of the AIA, Oppenheim has lectured widely and has taught at various architecture schools, including most recently at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. In 1999, he founded Oppenheim Architecture (Miami, Basel, New York), which has garnered global recognition at many scales: from large-scale urban architecture, hotels, and resorts, to private residences, interiors and furnishings. The international practice has received over 80 awards and distinctions, including the AIA’s highest distinction, the Silver Medal, and has been featured in numerous publications around the world. In 2018, Oppenheim Architecture was the recipient of one of the National Design Awards by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. By blurring boundaries between nature and architecture and heightening our awareness of the beauty that surrounds us, design can bring ecological transformation and awakening, reconnecting and aligning us to the land and Earth. By exploring themes in his international portfolio of projects, Chad Oppenheim will investigate how architecture can bring our senses closer to our planet and connect us to the landscape.