Office Building: Oman Ministry Building
Firm/Location: Unique Seventh Dimension/ Oman
Designation: Architectural Engineer / Site Engineer
Involvement: Designed and created new interior meeting spaces for the government of Oman. Design required that traditional elements of Omani heritage and design were incorporated in modern ways.
Restaurant: Automatic Lebanese Restaurant
Firm/Location: Unique Seventh Dimension/ Oman
Designation: Architectural Engineer / Site Engineer
Involvement: Worked with client to develop a design for the company re-branding, taking their restaurants from fast food joints to higher-end, casual restaurants. Conducted weekly site visits to ensure the quality of the construction through the hand-over. The resulting design was so successful that the other four branches in Oman plan to follow the same renovation plan. The concept was meant to introduce the vibrant colour and old-world-meets-modern charm of the cafes of Lebanon, using the colorful paint on the wooden surfaces, custom designed, rustic furniture, lantern lighting, and terracotta tile flooring.
Hotel: Bowsher 4-Star Hotel
Firm/Location: Unique Seventh Dimension/ Oman
Designation: Architectural Engineer
Involvement: Met with client, designed, planned, and created shop drawings for a renovation of the lobby, guest rooms, and restaurants of an urban, four-star hotel, modernizing the feel through the use of natural wood and stone.
Hotel: Sur 4-Star Hotel
Firm/Location: Unique Seventh Dimension/ Oman
Designation: Architectural Engineer
Involvement: After the architectural failure of the original firm, stepped in to salvage the hotel project through the interior design of the space, incorporating the popular arabesque designs of Morocco for a high-end, culturally appropriate feel.
Office: Havas Group
Firm/Location: Unique Seventh Dimension/ Oman
Designation: Architectural Engineer / Site Engineer
Involvement: Created concept and shop drawings and supervised construction through hand over, of a new creative area for a group of PR graphic designers and photographers, based on the concept of industrial-modern. The centerpiece of the minimalist, open plan was a bright red Conex shipping container, which served as the conference room.
Restaurant: Turkish Restaurant and Coffee Shop
Firm/Location: Unique Seventh Dimension/ Oman
Designation: Architectural Engineer / Site Engineer
Involvement: Met with clients and developed a concept and shop drawings for a restaurant based on their desire to incorporate Turkish cultural elements into their space.
Restaurant: Bike Burger
Firm/Location: Unique Seventh Dimension, Oman
Designation: Architectural Engineer
Involvement: Designed the interior of a restaurant based on the theme of bikers by up-cycling used Harley-Davidson parts as art objects hanging from the walls and ceiling, as well as creating custom dining tables and chairs to fit with the overall feel of the space.
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