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DR OKEIL, Ahmad |
Dr. Ahmad Okeil is Head of Institute of the Built Environment at the British University in Dubai. He received his Dr.Ing. in Architecture in 1994 at The Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany. His research interests are varied and include energy efficiency in architecture, urban planning and urban design, virtual reality and computer applications in recording of architectural heritage. Dr. Okeil has been involved in teaching a wide range of studio and theory courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in several universities and in 2005-2006 he served as president for the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD). Additionally, Dr. Okeil has been actively engaged in developing and implementing several funded research projects. He established one of the first virtual reality labs in the region which hosts a three sided virtual reality CAVE system and is used in research and teaching of Architectural Design, Urban Design, Building Construction and History of Architecture courses. Meanwhile, Dr. Okeil’s private architectural practice based in Alexandria, Egypt has participated in national and international design competitions. |
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DR ADHAM, Khaled Assistant Professor Department of Architectural Engineering United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates |
Dr. Khaled Adham is currently an assistant professor in the department of Architectural Engineering at United Arab Emirates University. After receiving a Bachelor Degree at Cairo University in 1986 he was engaged in work with Rami El-Dahan & Sohair Farid, two notable students of Hassan Fathy, and Abdel Halim Ibrahim Ibrahim, the 1992 recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. In 1992 Dr. Adham received his Masters Degree in architecture at Kent State University and later in 1997 he qualified with a Ph.D. in architecture at Texas A&M University. Between the years 2000 and 2004 he taught numerous architectural theory courses and design studios. In addition he supervised graduation projects at the Suez Canal University and Ramadan Institute of Technology. Throughout this time Dr. Adham also practiced architecture and Urban Planning in his private studio. Dr. Adham’s current research activity focuses on the late 20th century architectural and urban transformations of Cairo, Doha, and Dubai. |
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DR ALDOSARY, Adel S |
Dr. Adel S. Aldosary is the Chairman of the Department of Architecture and a Professor of Planning and Chairman for the third term of the City and Regional Planning Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). Award winning Dr Aldosary gained his PhD Degree in Urban Technological, and Environmental Planning/Urban and Regional Planning in August 1991 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He subsequently worked as an Advisor to H.E the Minister of Higher Education and an Advisor to the Mayor of Dammam City in the years 2000-2001 and was employed as an advisor to the Supreme Commission for Tourism. Dr. Aldosary’s specialisation lies in Saudisation (Localisation) and National Training Issues; seeing that in 2002 he was awarded a plaque as a distinguished invited Key Note Speaker in The Second Employment and Saudisation Forum. Also as being a proficient publisher, particular publications include ‘The Process of Nationalizing Companies: A General Model Based on The Saudi Arabian Experience’ and ‘A Communicative Planning Approach to Combat Graduate Unemployment in Saudi Arabia’. Dr. Aldosary is an active member in many National and International professional Organizations. |
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AL LAWATI Nadia |
Nadia Al Lawati is currently in her final year of a Diploma in Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. After graduating in June, Lawati aims to gain experience in an architectural practice in London. Being of Omani origin Lawati received her education in Oman and she also won a scholarship from the Omani Ministry of Education She aspires towards going back to our New World, and fusing her western education and experience with the environmental and cultural context in order to produce an architecture that enhances the built environment on both the human and city scale. Miss Al Lawati is also currently holds the post of Guest Student Editor for the Aspiring Architect section dedicated to students work in Dubai’s premier and the region’s leading architecture and design magazine, Architecture Plus. |
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BELAKEHAL, Azeddine Assistant Professor Department of Architecture Biskra University Algeria |
Azeddine Belakehal, born in 1967, studied architecture at the Biskra University in Algeria. He graduated in 1991 and continued to work as an architect-principal in a technical public office. In 1996, he gained his Masters Degree, specialising in ‘Architecture within Arid Regions’ and is currently preparing for his Doctorate Degree: The Qualitative Aspects of Architectural Daylighting Design while being employed as an assistant-professor at the Department of Architecture at Biskra University, Algeria. Belakehal has consulted on a number of urban planning project studies carried out by governmental agencies for new human settlements in the Algerian desert. He has a particular passion for environmental design issues pertaining to architecture and has been commissioned for several research projects by national and international organizations. Belakehal has served as Jury member on several projects and has been widely published in a number of well known architecture and research journals. |
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DAVE, Bharat |
Associate Professor Bharat Dave joined the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne in 1997 where he has served as Associate Dean, International Coordinator and Assistant Dean. After earning a Masters Degree at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh in the USA and an Undergraduate Degree in architecture from the School of Architecture, at Ahmedabad in India he also completed doctoral studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at ETH Zurich. Dave has previously held teaching and research positions in the USA, Switzerland, India, and Australia and he currently supervises a number of Masters and PhD research students in Melbourne. He serves as the president of the international association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) and is is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Architectural Computing in the UK. |
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DR HANAFI, Mohamed |
Mohamed Hanafi is Professor of Architecture in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alexandria in Egypt. His experiences in urban management and planning have developed through various consultancies and projects consequently Dr.Hanafi is a member of many international organisations concerned with urban and environmental development including EDRA, IASTE. As a registered architectural consultant he runs a private practice in Alexandria. Through his practice, he has been involved in a variety of projects including housing and public buildings as well as rehabilitation projects. The practice has won several architectural competitions. Dr. Hanafi has published and presented several research papers and projects in national and international projects. He has also been involved in various projects of urban development in collaboration with national and international bodies including EEC, British Council, and American Research Centre in Cairo. |
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KHARAM, Aly |
Aly Karam is currently teaching in the School of Architecture and Planning at University of the Witwatersrand. He is the Coordinator of the Master of Science Degree in Development Planning and lectures in the areas of housing, demography, research methods and planning techniques. Karam started his career as an architect by establishing his own practice and working on projects in Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, culminated by winning a National Design Competition in Egypt. He then graduated with a Masters Degree in Architectural Management in the United States and later he gained a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning. Kharam started his teaching career in Egypt and has since taught in different capacities in countries including Canada and Zimbabwe. He is now teaching in South Africa after previously lecturing the architecture program in the School of Architecture and Planning for three years at the University of Cape Town. His research interests and publications extend to both the planning and the architecture disciplines. Most of his papers presented in conferences and his research reports revolve around urbanisation, housing policy and informal market dynamics, community development and participation in the housing process as well as architectural practices and marketing, office organisation and management. He has recently published a co-edited book, in July 2006, titled ‘Informal Settlements: A Perpetual Challenge?’ |
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KHATTAB, Omar |
Omar Khattab is an associate professor of architecture at Kuwait University. He is also an architect and a practitioner. Dr. Khattab has taught at various universities and is also a guest lecturer among a few others including at Huddersfield University in the UK and at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. After obtaining a BSc and MSc in architecture from Alexandria University, in Egypt he then attained an MA and PhD in architecture from Newcastle University in the UK. Dr. Khattab’s central interest in design is reflected through his past in which he was a Senior Designer at Awad Enterprises, Alexandria for seven years and a Senior Architect and Project Coordinator at Kuwaiti Engineering Group for two years. He has also won a number of competitions and was responsible for major design projects. Dr. Khattab has been a member of a number of jury committees for the evaluation of major design projects in Kuwait and acted as an external examiner of final year architecture students in Bahrain University. He has been widely published and is the co-author of two recent books: ‘Cities in Transition, Transforming the Global Built Environment’ and ‘Methodologies in Housing Research.’ |
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The Architecture Plus Awards Master Jury and Academic Jury is comprised of carefully selected distinguished individuals from a cross section of professional practices and academic institutes from across the world. Each is carefully selected for their specialist area of knowledge, business acumen, cultural awareness and geographical context. Additionally, the Juries represent a diversity of professional experience, age, gender and faiths. Together, they create a formidable panel of experts and thought-leaders ideally qualified to asses all entries for the second cycle of the Architecture Plus Awards. |
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AL MURR , Mohammed Chairman, Dubai Cultural Council Editor-in-Chief, Khaleej Times Executive Editor, Al Bayan Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Mohammed al Murr attained his University Degree from Syracuse, New York, USA. He is currently the Chairman of the Dubai Cultural Council and serves as a member of the board of Directors of Emirates Media. Mohammed is also the Editor-in-chief of Khaleej Times, one of the two most prominent English language daily newspapers of the United Arab Emirates and Executive Editor- in-Chief of the leading Arabic language daily newspapers, Al-Bayan. Mohammed is a member of various academic institutions and councils across the Gulf region. He was associated to the Middle East Bank in 1980's and headed the Science and Cultural Association from its establishment in1987-2001. |
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CAMPBELL, Mona |
Mona Campbell, ASLA, CLA, is a qualified landscape architect and the Principal Director of SBG Landscape Design, a Dubai based landscape consultancy. Trained at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, she has practiced landscape design in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and various countries of the Gulf including the United Arab Emirates during her 20 year career. Campbell’s diverse portfolio includes numerous commercial, resort and leisure, urban planning, educational, residential and recreational landscape projects throughout the region, with a current focus on Dubai through its unprecedented growth. She is committed to excellence in the design and construction of landscape spaces and emphasis the need for close collaboration with allied professionals from project inception. Noteworthy projects include the multi-award winning Al Maha Desert Resort and Spa, Bab Al Shams Resort, Emirates Hills and Emirates Lakes neighbourhoods, Dubai Media City Phases II and III, and the new DIFC Gate Village in the United Arab Emirates Mona contributes regularly to professional publications on landscape issues and developments. |
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BUNTROCK, Dana |
Dana Buntrock is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of the book Japanese Architecture as a Collaborative Process. Before taking up this post, Buntrock taught in the North America, Japan and Australia and is currently on research leave sponsored by a Fulbright Fellowship. Buntrock regularly writes for major trade journals and the academic publications in North America, Asia and England. Her current research provides a focus on how time is reflected in contemporary Japanese practice and provides the basis for her second book, provisionally titled The Rough and the Smooth: the RedSchool in Japan. In addition, Buntrock has been closely studying how new engineering design approaches are affecting architectural design in Japan. A registered architect in Alaska, Buntrock also worked professionally in Japan and North America. At Berkley, she teaches classes that visit Bay area fabricators, construction sites and even travels to Japan where students are brought into direct contact with architects, engineers and contractors. Learning by linking abstract knowledge to on-site application is at the heart of Buntrock's work, both research and teaching. |
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HAJJAR, Daniel Vice President Regional Manager Middle East North Africa HO+K Canada/ United Arab Emirates |
Daniel Hajjar received his MArch from the University of Manitoba, Canada and is a registered architect with 20 years of experience in all aspects of architectural and planning projects both in North America and the Middle East. He has been involved in a number of high profile and pioneering projects in the region including the Dubai Marina Master Plan, Dubai Marina Phase One, Dubai Autodrome and Dubai Festival City. His current position is Vice President in charge of the Middle East and North Africa for HO+K based in the company’s Dubai office. Daniel Hajjar has been on a number of advisory panels and a guest juror to various universities. |
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KHOURY, Bernard Principal Bernard Khoury Architects Beirut, Lebanon |
Bernard Khoury studied Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he attained his BFA and BArch Degree in 1990 and 1991 respectively. In 1993 he followed these with a March Degree from Harvard University, and soon after opened his independent practice. Over the past 10 years, his office has developed an international reputation and a significant diverse portfolio of projects both locally and abroad. In 2001, Khoury was awarded by the municipality of Rome the honourable mention of the Borromini prize for architects under the age of 40 years and in 2004 he was the recipients of the first Architecture Plus Professionals’ Choice Award voted for by Architects and designers across the region Khoury has lectured and exhibited his work in prestigious academic institutions in Europe and the U.S including a solo show of his work given by the International Forum for Contemporary Architecture at the Aedes gallery in Berlin. Khoury’s work has been extensively published by the professional press. |
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LUEDER, Rani CPE |
Rani Lueder, MSIE, CPE is President of Humanics ErgoSystems, Inc. an ergonomics consulting firm in Encino, California. She has consulted and specialised in occupational ergonomics and product design evaluation and research for adults, children and people with disabilities since 1982. She has consulted for corporations, governments, and universities in six countries. Rani was a member of the American National Standards Institute committee responsible for revising ANSI guidelines for seating and computer workstation design. She continues to serve on retainer to the Waseda University's Seating Research Lab and the Japan Institute of Human Posture Research (Tokyo) over the past several years. She co-organised the Second International Conference on Seated Posture, held in Tokyo. She recently co-edited and co-wrote a major book on Ergonomics for Children that addresses the scope of environments for children in Western and Developing worlds (in press, Taylor & Francis). Her second edited book Hard Facts about Soft Machines: The ergonomics of seating (Dec. 1995) is available internationally from Taylor and Francis (London). Previously, she edited and co-authored the book The Ergonomics Payoff; Designing the electronic office (Holt Reinhart and Winston of Canada). The Board of Certification certifies her in Professional Ergonomics. Rani has an MSIE in Ergonomics/Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech, and is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (U.S.), The Ergonomics Society (Europe), and the International Ergonomics Association. |
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| NOERO, Jo Professor of Architecture, University of Cape Town Partner Noero Wolff Architects Cape Town, South Africa |
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Jo Noero is a professor of architecture at the University of Cape Town. He received his BArch Degree at the University of Natal in South Africa in 1978 and in 1984 he established his private practice, Jo Noero Architects in Johannesburg. In 199 the practice was renamed to Noero Wolff Architects after Heinrich Wolff joined the practice as a partner. The office has won a number of architectural competitions including the commission to design the first Museum of Struggle in South Africa and since 1984 the practice has completed over 150 buildings which range in both type and scale. Noero Wolff Architects is the recipient of international and national awards for architectural design including the Lubetkin Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2006, Royal Institute of British Architects International Award in 2005 and a number of awards for various projects from the Institute of South African Architects. Noero’s projects and built works have been widely acknowledged in a number of journals including Architecture Plus, the Architectural Review and the Harvard Design Review; In addition his work has been exhibited at the Sao Paolo Biennale in 2005 and Venice Biennale in 2006 as well as in various other venues. |
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DR SALAMA, Ashraf Professor of Architecture Architectural Engineering Program College of Engineering Qatar University Doha, Qatar |
Dr. Ashraf Salama is Professor of Architecture currently teaching at the College of Engineering at the Qatar University. Until recently, he had held the position of Associate Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals from 2004 to 2006. Prior to this, Dr Salama was the Director of Research and Consulting at Adams Group Consultants in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (2001-04). He is also a licensed architect in Egypt, trained at Al Azhar University and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. USA and former Chairman of the Department of Architecture, Misr International University in Cairo (1996-01). With varied experience in design and consultancy, teaching, and academic research, Dr. Salama bridges theory and design and pedagogy and practice in his professional activities. He has written over 50 articles and papers in local and international conferences and archival journals, and trade magazines; published four books on Architectural Education: Designing the Design Studio, Human Factors in Environmental Design, Architectural Education Today with colleagues from Switzerland, and Architecture as Language of Peace with Colleagues from Italy. Dr. Salama was the recipient of the first award of the International Architecture Design Studio, University of Montreal, Canada, 1990, and in 1998 he won the Paul Chemetove Prize for his project on Architecture and the Eradication of Poverty, a United Nations International Ideas Competition. Dr. Salama has been appointed a technical reviewer for the Aga Khan Award for Architecturein Geneva, Award Cycle (1998-01). He is currently co-convener of the International Association for People-Environments Studies-IAPS Education Network. |
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SANOFF, Henry Distinguished Professor of Architecture College of Design North Carolina State University United States |
Henry Sanoff received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1957 and a Master of Architecture in 1962 from Pratt Institute, New York. He came to the College of Design, North Carolina State University in 1966 from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was an Assistant Professor from 1963. A member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers, award winner as Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor, and a recipient of the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal of Excellence, Sanoff has been a visiting lecturer at more than 85 institutions in the USA and abroad including Australia, Egypt, Brazil, South Africa, Denmark and Mexico. He is listed in International Who's Who, Who's Who in the Southeast, Who's Who in Technology, American Men and Women of Science, Dictionary of International Biography and recognized as the International Man of the Year from the International Biographic Center. Sanoff was awarded the Statue of Victory World Culture Prize for Letters, Arts, and Science; awards from Progressive Architecture Design Awards Program; and the Award of Honor, and Distinguished Service Award from the Environmental Design Research Association. He received the Sigma Iota Rho Award for Distinguished International Service and the NCSU Outstanding Extension Service Award. He also won a Design and a Post Occupancy Evaluation award for the Davidson and the Millis Elementary School from the School Construction News/ Design Share Awards program. Moreover he is the USA editor of the International Journal of Design Studies, a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architecture and Planning Research, and the Istanbul Technical University, Journal of Architecture, Planning and Design. Professor Sanoff is widely published and well known for his many books—including Community Participation in Design and Planning (Wiley, 2000) and Creating Environments for Young Children (NEA,1995) among others. Many of his works have been translated into Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Polish and Portugese languages. Professor Sanoff is the principal founder of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). |
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VAN DER HEIDE , Rogier Associate Director, ARUP Global Leader, ARUP Lighting Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Rogier van der Heide is an architectural lighting designer and Associate Director with Arup. Rogier is the Global Leader of Arup Lighting, and he has been responsible for innovative, creative and well-executed projects all over the world. |
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