NoMa Studio is an atelier engaged in sustainable meaningful design & community.
Founded by architect N.Maliar, our studio bridges international practice and academic inquiry, offering creative vision grounded in technical excellence and high-end design.
Nono (Noa) Maliar is an American architect of Argentinean heritage, shaped by a rich multicultural journey. Her practice spans the full arc of architectural creation, from initial research and conceptual design to the intricate choreography of high-end unitized curtainwall systems and on-site construction. She orchestrates complex collaborations with project teams, consultants, municipalities, manufacturers, and builders, translating poetic vision into built reality.
A dedicated educator since her years at Harvard, Nono has led design studios in accredited architecture programs, served on admissions boards, and developed innovative courses that challenge conventional boundaries and probe the evolving questions of contemporary practice. Her teaching and building exist in continuous dialogue, each sharpening and expanding the possibilities of the other. Through both mediums, she explores architecture as a form of cultural inquiry, where technical precision meets imaginative speculation.
In academia, Architect Nono Maliar develops studios that foster critical inquiry, creativity, and a sense of agency in emerging architects from diverse contexts. Her teaching emphasizes craft and process, reflexive thinking and social responsibility, narrative and meaning. She fosters educational environments that empower students through inclusive pedagogy and community engagement, values that guide her work as both educator and practitioner. Through architecture, she seeks to create spaces where cultural identity, environmental stewardship, and human ecology intersect.
Her most recent essays:
Learning from the Overlooked : Cataloging Adaptation in Everyday Landscapes
can be found at 10.13140/RG.2.2.24165.26082
Going off-script: Scale and the Impossibility of Phenomenological Engagement
can be found at 10.13140/RG.2.2.24940.01925
Wayward thinking // looking for the poetry in the everyday . . .
Foundations F01
First Year Studio No.1

Design in Context F02
First Year Studio No.2

Denise Scott Brown Exhibit
Learning to See Co-Curator

Casa M
Private Beachfront Residence FR

Representation In Architecture
Foundations Course No.2

UNESCO Mostar Workshop
Scholarship Presenter & Participant

Residential Details
Collected projects

Pelli Clarke Pelli NYC
Project Architect Platinum LEED
