Personal Information

• Born,
  1950
• Architect and Urban Planner.

Education

•  B. Arch. ‘72, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
  Arabia.
•  M. Arch.
  A.S. ‘75 Massachusetts Institute
  of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, U.S.A.

Awards

•  See Beeah Awards for extended list
•  Aga Khan Award for Architecture, ‘89, for
  Al-Kindi Plaza, Riyadh.
• Organization
  of Arab Towns Award, ‘90, for The Center of the D. Q. Riyadh.
• Marble
  Architectural Award, Carara – Italy ‘90.
• Architectural Design Award, Mosque Architecture Symposium, Malaz
  Mosque, Riyadh ‘99.
• Urban Design
  Award, Mosque Architecture
  Symposium, D.Q. Jamie, Riyadh
  ‏’99.
• Man of the
  Year (Architecture) ‘92 Al Majallah – London.
• Gulf Engineers Union Award
• Alfawzan Award for Mosque Architecture

Accomplishments

• Partner, Beeah  since ‘75.
•  Master Jury Member for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ’89 –’92 and
  Steering Committee Member 1990-2000.
• Chairman of Al-Umran (Architects
  and Planners) Society of Saudi Arabia ‘95 – ‘98.
• Member of
  ICOMOS Executive Committee – Paris
  ’98 – ‘99.
• Vice Chair of Saudi Heritage Society, Teaches intermittently Architecture and Urban
  Design at King Saud University.

Prizes

First Place  

• SAPICO Tower – Islamabad,
  Pakistan 1984 (Built)
• Traditional Village, (Museum
  for Folk Culture) Riyadh 1986
• Mahrajanul – Jinaderiya,
  Camel race, Hotels, Catering, Dinning,
  and pavilions 1986. (Built)
• Ministry of Education
  Headquarters and support facilities 1994.
  (built)
• Madina Al-Munawwarah
  Municipality and convention center 1994
  (built)
• Ministry of Health
• Rajehi University,
  Bukairiyah
•  Pension Fund Complex (built)

His
work extended from regional planning to furniture design but mainly city
centers, residential developments, parks, complex projects and large civic
facilities. Conservation and Restoration
related work includes :

• Research on Stabilization
  of Vernacular Earth Construction.
• Structural Evaluation of
  Vernacular Earth / Timber Structures.
• Documentation of Vernacular
  Buildings in the Desert Regions of Saudi Arabia.
• Conservation, Restoration
  and Re-habilitation of Vernacular Earth Buildings
• Documentation, Historic
  Research and Restoration of old Riyadh City Walls.
• Documentation of Ushayqir
  Historic Town in Saudi Arabia.
• Documentation of
  Al-Murabba, Historic Complex, Riyadh.
• Development of Taiif
  Historic Center