Professional Registrations

2015 New York State Registered Architect
2014 LEED AP BD+C

Selected Work

2024 ReRoot, a bio-based Shelter for Displaced Communities. Commissioned by Dubai Design Week for Abwab 2024 with collaborators in Dubai, UAE. (built)

2024 Elmarsa Gallery renovation at Al Serkal Avenue in Dubai, UAE (ongoing)

2024 Swell Contrast Therapy Center in Dubai, UAE (ongoing)

2024 Tawilat Tabadal, An inter-species, inter-generational Table for Dubai, UAE (unbuilt)

2024 “Rooted”, a proposal in collaboration with Studio Wild for The National Pavilion UAE exhibition at the 19th Venice Biennale di Architettura (shortlisted)

2023 Tarabot Inter-species Pavilion at Jameel Arts Centre with TheOtherDada in Dubai, UAE (built)

2023 Twin Villas Renovation and Extension in Dubai, UAE (built)

2023 Jameel Waterfront Sculpture Park ‘Playscape’ Open Call in Dubai, UAE (competition)

2022 The Third Line Gallery Lobby Casework in Dubai, UAE (built)

2021 A Bench In Venice Open Call at the UAE National Pavilion 17th Venice Biennale di Architettura with waiwai design and The Curator’s Collective in Venice, Italy (exhibition & installation)

2021 Museum of the Future Level 2 Lounge with waiwai design in Dubai, UAE (unbuilt)

2020 MIZA Food Hub with waiwai design in Abu Dhabi UAE (unbuilt)

2019 US Consulate with Ennead Architects in Lagos, Nigeria (under construction)

2018 US Consulate with Ennead Architects in Chiang Mai, Thailand (built)

2018 Husu Dafeng Industrial Park, with Ennead Architects in China (built)

2018 Active Ageing House semi-commercial Kitchen in Beirut, Lebanon (built)

2017 Fast Company Innovation Festival Workshop with Ennead Architects, in NYC, USA (workshop)

2017 US Embassy with Ennead Architects in Ankara, Turkey (built)

2017 Rethinking Refugee Communities Toolkit with EnneadLab & UNHCR (ongoing)

2016 Private Apartment in Beirut, Lebanon (built)

2016 Northwestern University New Commons with Ennead Architects in Chicago, USA (on hold)

2015 Private Apartment Renovation in NYC, USA (built)

2014 NYU Langone Medical Center Tisch Hospital Cafeteria with Ennead Architects in NYC, USA (built)

2013 ‘Can We Build Smarter at the Water’s Edge?’ FAR ROC design competition with EnneadLab in Queens, USA (competition, honorable mention)

2006 Bab Al Shams hotel extension with Godwin Austen Johnson in Dubai, UAE (built)

2005 Dubai Gate Village Mixed Use City Quarter at DIFC with Hopkins Architects in Dubai, UAE (built)

Teaching

AY 2020-2023 Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) at the American University of Sharjah, UAE

AY 2020-2021 Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute’s School of Design in Brooklyn, USA

AY 2015-2016 Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute’s School of Design in Brooklyn, USA

AY 2009-2011 Teaching Assistant at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in NYC, USA

Activities

2024 Panelist at the Smart Cities Conference, World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
2024 Panelist, “Crafting Connections” at the Downtown Design Talks Programme
2024 Panelist, ReRoot Discussion & Presentation at the Art Jameel Space at Dubai Design Week
2024 Presenter, “Building Value through the Circular Economy: Strategies and Innovations” at the Arabia CSR and Sustainability Forum
2024 Moderator for Tarabot Talks 2.0-Regenerating with Nature_Hyperlocal and Restorative Design at Art Jameel in Dubai, UAE
2023 Selected Member of the Global Cohort for the GSAPP Affirmations Lecture Series, online
2023 Speaker at the COP28 ‘Built for People Climate Resilience, Sustainable Construction, and Social Impact’ panel at Goals House in Dubai, UAE
2023 Moderator for ‘Building A Greener Future’ with The Arts Club at The Arts Club in Dubai, UAE
2022 Interviewee on ‘Tell Me More’ Podcast, Episode 5 Barjeels in Dubai, UAE
2021 Presenter at the EXPO2020 Italian Pavilion’s ‘Education for Women’s Empowerment’ Forum in Dubai, UAE
2021 Panelist at the EXPO 2020 Spanish Pavilion’s ‘New Bauhaus Architecture Summit: The Architect’s Role in Addressing Climate Change’ Panel in Dubai, UAE
2020 Presenter of Afikra FWD: Is Lady Liberty Actually Arab? at Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, UAE
2017 Presenter of Afikra: How Did Gulf Arabs Keep Cool Before AC? in NYC, USA
2016 Exhibitor with Enneadlab, Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in NYC, USA
2014 Presenter, Afikra: The Refugee Issue in NYC, USA
2013 Exhibitor with Enneadlab, Resilient Rockaway exhibition at the AIA Center For Architecture in NYC, USA

Education

2008 - 2011
Master of Architecture at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning in New York City, USA

2003-2007
Bachelor of Science (BSc hons) in General Architectural Studies at the University of Bath in the UK