SOMA Architects is a New York City-based design firm founded in 2004 by Michel Abboud. It has a satellite office in Lebanon. SOMAs portfolio includes projects in New York and across the Middle East, in Dubai, Erbil, Jeddah, Doha, and Lebanon. Those projects include Park51, formerly known as Cordoba House, the scuppered plan for a 13-story Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan. SOMAs New York residential projects include 50 Lispenard Lofts, 93 Crosby, and 45 Park Place. Abroad, the firm has designed Dubai's One at Palm Jumeirah and Amchit Bay Beach Residences outside Beirut. Hotels include 322 Lafayette Hotel in New York, the Shaza Kempinski Hotel in Doha, Qatar, and the Yacht Club in Baku, Azerbaijan. MK