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Profile: AZHAR

Azhar is an experienced architect with broad range of exposure to public and private projects, including infrastructure, housing, industrial, office and education buildings.

Azhar has international senior design experience covering large city scale and infrastructure projects, including railway and airport projects. As a team leader he is highly experienced in design development at all stages of design, from conception to realisation.

Azhar has senior design experience covering a significant number of complex architectural, transport infrastructure and master planning projects, as well as complex individual buildings. He has a wide range of in depth experience in design co-ordination with other consultant disciplines and government departments.

Azhar is highly experienced in pre-engineered building system solutions, including modular housing, and telecommunication centres, with multi-disciplinary engineers.

Azhar was trained in architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College of London. He has been a design consultant to prestigious international architectural practices and clients, in the UK, Germany, and Hong Kong.

Azhar has taught and lectured at the following: University College London, National College of Art Lahore, Chinese University Hong Kong, Westminster University, Middelsex University, Greenwich University, University of Kent KSA

Azhar has been responsible for numerous first prizes in international architectural competitions, and has exhibited work in Berlin, Rotterdam and New York.

Professional Qualifications
BSc Hons Arch (UCL), DipArch (UCL)
ARB UK, Architects Registration Board
RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects

Experience: International Professional Practice
A chartered registered architect, practicing architecture for 16 years, with international experience in Europe, Asia, Africa and the USA. As well as extensive experience in the UK
Senior design experience and project running covering a significant number of complex architectural, transport infrastructure and master planning projects, as well as complex individual buildings.
I have worked as a consultant architect for a range of world respected offices (including Alsop & Stoermer, Terry Farrell, Battle McCarthy). This has involved running teams, and delivering projects to an external client (project client) and internal clients (the architecture office), and having responsible for the successful delivery of financial and administrative aspects of projects.
- Responsible for numerous first prizes in international architectural competitions, and have exhibited work in Berlin, Rotterdam and New York.
- Dedicated to delivering integrated sustainable projects, with a proven track-record in working in teams, in education and practice.

Experience: Teaching
- I was trained in architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College of London.
- I have taught and lectured, at undergraduate and post-graduate levels at the following: University College London, National College of Art Lahore, Chinese University Hong Kong, Westminster University, Middlesex University, Greenwich University
- Specifically I taught design and technology at Greenwich University through all years, where I introduced a structured approach to through a system of tutorials, lectures and site visits, relevant to the student projects.
- Recently I have been a part-time design and technology tutor at KSA – University of Kent
- I have been co-running the March (Pt II) Architecture course at KSA-University of Kent, as a “care-taker” role, from September to December 2007, our projects dealt with Thames Gateway and Olympic issues.

Statements
Every project is an opportunity to stretch the limits of our shared knowledg.
A project must capture the moment of all yesterdays and potential tomorrows.
Architecture is about curiosity and exploration, but also of responsibility to the social, the economic and environmental. Functionally and beautifully.
On reflection the principle paradoxical issues don't change, the context of practice does. Being practical and realistic and being speculative and inventive.

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