Ali, Syed O.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Dallas native Omar Ali is a designer, educator and the 2021-23 Tulane Architecture and Urbanism Fellow. He is also co-founder of table of co., a cloud-based design and research practice. Ali has practiced architecture and urban design at UrbanLab in Chicago, MOS Architects in New York City, and John McMorrough/studioAPT in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His work has been written about in Metropolis Magazine, published in Architecture and Surrealism (Thames and Hudson), Fresh Meat Journal (University of Illinois – Chicago), and LUNCH Journal (University of Virginia). He has recently exhibited at a83 Gallery in New York City and Banvard Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, and has a forthcoming installation at Space p11 in Chicago. Awards include an honorable mention for the Burnham Prize Competition: Burnham 20/20 and a finalist proposal for the 8x8x300 Competition; Ali was recently shortlisted for the 2021 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Ali holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Architectural History from the University of Texas – Arlington. He has taught at design studios and representation seminars at Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Texas – Arlington, and served as a graduate student instructor and a graduate student research assistant while attending the University of Michigan.
Biography
Dallas native Omar Ali is a designer, educator and the 2021-23 Tulane Architecture and Urbanism Fellow. He is also co-founder of table of co., a cloud-based design and research practice. Ali has practiced architecture and urban design at UrbanLab in Chicago, MOS Architects in New York City, and John McMorrough/studioAPT in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His work has been written about in Metropolis Magazine, published in Architecture and Surrealism (Thames and Hudson), Fresh Meat Journal (University of Illinois – Chicago), and LUNCH Journal (University of Virginia). He has recently exhibited at a83 Gallery in New York City and Banvard Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, and has a forthcoming installation at Space p11 in Chicago. Awards include an honorable mention for the Burnham Prize Competition: Burnham 20/20 and a finalist proposal for the 8x8x300 Competition; Ali was recently shortlisted for the 2021 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Ali holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Architectural History from the University of Texas – Arlington. He has taught at design studios and representation seminars at Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Texas – Arlington, and served as a graduate student instructor and a graduate student research assistant while attending the University of Michigan.
