The Architectural League of New York has named Architectural Studies graduate Omar Gandhi one of the up and coming “voices” of 2016.

The Architectural League’s annual Emerging Voices Award spotlights North American individuals and firms with distinct design “voices” that have the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. The work of each Emerging Voice represents the best of its kind, and addresses larger issues within architecture, landscape, and the built environment. Other recipients of this year's award include:

• Alex Anmahian and Nick Winton, Principals and Co-Founders, Anmahian Winton Architects, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Cesar Guerrero, Ana Cecilia Garza, Carlos Flores, and Maria Sevilla, Partners, S-AR, Monterrey, Mexico
• Frank Jacobus and Marc Manack, Principals, SILO AR+D, Cleveland and Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Jon Lott, Principal, PARA Project and Co-Founding Member, Collective-LOK, New York City
• E.B. Min and Jeffrey L. Day, Principals, Min | Day, San Francisco and Omaha
• Rozana Montiel, Founder, Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura, Mexico City
• Heather Roberge, Principal, Heather Roberge | Murmur, Los Angeles

Omar Gandhi is among several Daniels Faculty alumni to be given the prestigious award. Past recipients include Williamson Chong (2014), Carol Moukheiber and Christos Marcopoulos (2012), Mason White (2011), An Te Liu (2007), and Brigitte Shim (1995).

The practice of Omar Gandhi has been receiving significant media attention lately; he was recently profiled as “one of Canada’s most exciting emerging designers" in the Globe and Mail, and was named among the world’s top 20 young architects by Wallpaper magazine.