Michel Abboud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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architect
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1977
Place of Birth: Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
Profession: architect
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Michel Abboud
- Michel Abboud is an architect and artist based in New York.
- He is the founding principal of SOMA Architects, an architectural firm established in 2004 in New York City.
- For his sculptures, paintings, and other art, he is represented by Opera Gallery.
- Abboud has won the AIA Gold Medal and the James Beard award in 2015, and is a two-time winner of the Architizer A+ award.In 2010, he was awarded the Park51 Islamic Cultural Center project, infamously dubbed the “Ground Zero Mosque”, with one journalist calling him ‘the most controversial architect the US has known'.
- The project was ultimately shelved in favor of 45 Park Place, a 665-foot condominium tower also designed by Abboud.
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