Farah Alkhoury (She/Her) is an Iraqi architect and researcher based in New York, currently an Architecture Fellow at Bard College. Her work examines environmental violence and political entanglements as consequential to architecture and spatial thinking. Engaging across various mediums, including exhibition design, research, teaching, and advocacy concerned with environmental justice.
Her current research "Occupied Ecologies: Architecture of Toxic Proliferation", attends to the presence of military toxicity that remains embedded in the soil, water, and air long after wars end. This design research is focused on three interconnected ecologies within Iraq, Vieques, and the United States, engaging with activism that emerges against invisible forms of environmental violence.
Farah has previously taught at GSAPP-Columbia, Rutgers University, and NJIT. She has collaborated on numerous research and exhibition projects, including with Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation, Curator Mark Wasiuta, and Studio Joseph (New York), among others. She played an integral role in the inaugural Sharjah Architecture Triennale through her contributions to research, coordination, and design. Her recent work includes “Frederick Kiesler: Vision Machines” at the Jewish Museum in 2024, and “Xholobeni Yard/OFFPOLINN” for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023.
Farah is the recipient of the Incubator Prize in 2024, the Honors Award for Excellence in Advanced Architectural Design, and the William Kinne Fellowship from GSAPP-Columbia. She was also nominated for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the American University of Sharjah and a Masters in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, GSAPP.
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Conversation at Ocean Space, Venice, with Xholobeni activists against extraction, Andrés Jaque, and Markus Reymann
XHOLOBENI YARDS Research Contribution with Andrés Jaque-OFFPOLINN
Photo Miguel de Guzman
Sharjah Architecture Triennial
Architecture + Podcast Series
Bites of Architecture
Sharjah Talks
“Last Evening on Earth” Sharjah Architecture Triennale, Contribution to film screenings with Godofredo Pereira
Drawing Matters. ‘Life Support Ecosystem’