Powerlist: 30 Influential Architects in the MENA

JOE/TABET

MANAGING DIRECTOR + FOUNDER – JT + PARTNERS

SHAUN KILLA

DESIGN PARTNER – KILLA DESIGN

OMAR ABDELGHAFOUR

OWNER – L.S.DESIGN

MICHAEL MAGILL

MANAGING & CREATIVE DIRECTOR – RSP

ANDY SHAW

MANAGING PARTNER, AMA – CHAIR OF RIBA GULF CHAPTER

RAYA ANI

FOUNDER + DESIGN – DIRECTOR RAW-NYC

CHAKIB RICHANI

OWNER – CHAKIB RICHANI ARCHITECTS

JANUS ROSTOCK

VICE PRESIDENT DESIGN, MENA PRACTICE LEAD URBANISM + PLANNING AECOM CITIES LEAD – HEAD OF CONCEPT ARCHITECTURE

LORENZO ZOLI

MANAGING DIRECTOR – M+N ARCHITECTURE

MATTHEW ENGLE

PRINCIPAL + REGIONAL DESIGN LEAD – WOODS BAGOT

NECDET AJUN

FOUNDER + PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT – ATI CONSULTANTS, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS

DREW GILBERT

DESIGN MANAGER – OBM INTERNATIONAL

VALENTIN VALCHEV

SENIOR ASSOCIATE – STUDIO INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS (SIEC)

NIGEL CRADDOCK

DESIGN DIRECTOR – IMKAN PROPERTIES

FADI JABRI

EXECUTIVE OFFICER PRINCIPAL, GLOBAL DESIGN GROUP (GCC/CIS/INDIA), GLOBAL DESIGN DEPARTMENT – NIKKEN SEKKEI

PIERRE MARTIN DUFRESNE

PARTNER AND DESIGN PRINCIPAL – U+A

MIHIR SANGANEE

DESIGN DIRECTOR – DESIGNSMITH

GIORGIO PALERMO

FOUNDER ELENA GREGORUTTI, PARTNER – NIU

IGNACIO GOMEZ

DESIGN DIRECTOR – AEDAS

GALAL MAHMOUD

PRESIDENT – GM ARCHITECTS

SUMAYA DABBAGH

PRINCIPAL – DABBAGH ARCHITECTS

MOHAMED ALI

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – RMJM

RAJ PATEL

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN DIRECTOR – GENSLER MIDDLE EAST

RUAN DAVEY

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR – ARCHITECTURE ARCADIS MIDDLE EAST

MOHAMED AL ASSAM

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN + FOUNDER – DEWAN ARCHITECTS + ENGINEERS

JASON BURNSIDE

PARTNER – GODWIN AUSTEN JOHNSON (GAJ)

DAVID LESSARD

DESIGN DIRECTOR – H+A

IVAR KRASINSKI

DESIGN DIRECTOR + MASTER PLANNER – EDGE ARCHITECTS

MICHAEL LEWIS

GROUP DESIGN DIRECTOR – BREWER SMITH BREWER GROUP (BSBG)

AHMED AL-ALI + FARID ESMAEIL

CO-FOUNDERS – X ARCHITECTS