AIA Middle East: Architecture + Engineering Collaboration over the Past 40 Years – A Personal View
When: Monday February 8 2021 @ 10:30 (Eastern US Time)/ 19:30 (Oman time)
Speaker: Arif Mehmood, Director of Architecture at SSH
Description
In the world of multidisciplinary design consultancies, the talk traces the development of key engineering disciplines and their collaboration with architecture over the past 40 years. This is also particularly relevant to the Mena region reflecting the extraordinary pace of development over the past 30 years.
Speaker Bio:
Arif Mehmood joined SSH in 2018 as a Design Operations Manager and in late 2019 took up the role of Architecture Director for the Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia regions. He brings more than 35 years of experience in a variety of building types through all stages – from design to construction – across Europe, Far and Middle East.
Arif began his early career with the Richard Rogers Partnership, spent large part of his career with Hopkins Architects and, more recently, with RMJM Dubai where he worked on notable projects such as Lloyds of London for RRP, Bracken House, Glyndebourne Opera, Manchester Art Gallery, Wellcome Trust HQ, Gate Village for Dubai International Financial Centre, the Dubai World Trade Centre, Nottingham Trent University for Hopkins and Hyatt Regency Dubai, and MOI HQ Jeddah for RMJM.
Arif holds a Bachelor’s Degree and a postgraduate Diploma in Architecture from Demontfort University (UK), as well as a Master’s Degree from the University College of London (Bartlett, UK). He is also a registered Architect with the Architects Registration Board (ARB) of the UK, and a Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (UK).
