GHOLAM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Associate, Head of Development and Production
With a background as an architect and manager, Georges joined ngª 2001 to be a lead Senior Project Architect managing design teams during the design development phase of projects. In his time at ngª, Georges has been responsible for the realization of key ngª projects in addition to providing particular expertise in facade engineering design and development, one of ngª 's important competency areas.
Job Titles:
- Associate, Managing and Technical Director
- Managing and Technical Director
George as Deputy Director is responsible for all aspects of the firm's activities through management of operations and procedures with a focus on construction and project management. He has advanced technical expertise in building materials and engineering principles.
Job Titles:
- Associate, Senior Lead Architect
Mona is in charge of Design Development of key projects with focus on residential (public & private), leisure and tourism. She has been actively involved in ngª since 1995 in the role of architect and administrator.
Nabil Gholam studied Architecture at the UP-Paris Villemin, ex-Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris before moving to New York six years later to complete his studies in Urban Planning at Columbia University in the City of New York.
Moving from Manhattan to Barcelona, via southern China, where he briefly taught urban planning at the Yunnan Institute of Technology through the Kinney Fellowship, Nabil Gholam first began to practice architecture professionally at Ricardo Bofill's Taller de Arquitectura, where as an Associate, he rose to handle the practice's international projects.
In 1994, he set up his own office in Beirut. Later, in parallel with the firm's growing reach, a European office was established to better direct its international ventures, first in Barcelona in 2006 before relocating to Seville in 2010.
Used to living in flux, Gholam has led a nomadic existence since the outbreak of civil war in Lebanon in 1975, his work and travels taking him on a circuit between Beirut and Paris, New York, Chicago, Yunnan, Barcelona, Istanbul and Seville and this constant criss-crossing of the globe has had a profound impact on his work.
Today, nabil gholam architects has grown into an international multidisciplinary team of architects, planners, designers and consultants with a portfolio spanning an extensive list of projects in architecture and urbanism. ngª has attracted attention, winning several competitions and major international awards.
Job Titles:
- Senior Lead Architect / Planner
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Head of Administration
Rania is responsible for management and organization of administrative functions for ngª. As the officer in charge of operations, she manages functions in accounting, human resources and general office management.
Job Titles:
- Associate, Director of Design
- Senior Design Architect
Senior Design Architect, Richard Saad, currently heads the ngª Sevilla office as well playing a key role in the management and development of the firm. As a member of the ngª management team he is responsible for many aspects of business and design development for projects in Lebanon, Europe and the Arab world. He is also an accomplished photographer whose work has been published and exhibited internationally.
Job Titles:
- Senior Architect, Head of Design - Seville
Job Titles:
- Senior Architect, Head of Design - Beirut