Nasser Abulhasan, Principal and co-founder partner of AGi architects, took part as lecturer at Future Interiors Qatar conference, held in early September in Doha. Under the title "Designing for functionality: minimizing operational costs", Nasser had the opportunity to share with the audience the AGi architects’ vision on the value of design to achieve operational efficiency, … [Read more...]
Proud of the results in the competition for the National Museum of Romanian History (MNIR)
AGi architects’ proposal submitted to the competition for the “New spatial design concept of the National Museum of Romanian History in Bucharest", was placed sixth after jury’s decision. The National Museum of Romanian History (MNIR) in Bucharest has set out to reassert itself as a contemporary museum of history, by revaluing its building and its relations with the urban … [Read more...]
Cardiac Center shortlisted for WAF Awards 2016
Hisham A. Alsager Cardiac Center by AGi architects, the international design firm led by architects Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea and Nasser Abulhasan, have been shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival to compete for a WAF award 2016 in the Completed Buildings Health category. The project, built in Kuwait, will face other seven finalists located in Malaysia, Australia, … [Read more...]
Spaces for living: urban reflections of Kuwaiti society
We need you're help. Help us developing a better understanding of housing needs in Kuwait. With the support of Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, AGi architects and London School of Economics are conducting a study on housing and are looking for Kuwaiti heads of household as interview participants to discuss their homes, their housing needs and their domestic … [Read more...]
Wall House, GCC Residential Project of the Year at MEED Quality Awards
Our single-family residential project in Kuwait, Wall House, won the GCC Residential Project of the Year at MEED Quality Awards. The project already was the National Winner in Kuwait and now has been prevailed over their rivals in the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman achieving the regional prize. The announcement was recently made in Dubai, where the awards ceremony took … [Read more...]
What unites Gulf countries: Kuwait pavilion in Venice’s Biennale
What unites Gulf countries is the ocean and with it its countless islands, so the Kuwait pavilion which is being prepared for this year's Venice Biennale is about them. Specifically, every collaborating architect of the project has been assigned to a Gulf island in which to embody the research. The jointly proposals will make up a collaborative project in order to represent the … [Read more...]
Our experience on Facades and Roofs shared at Zak World of Façades, Middle East
Aisha Alsager, Managing Director at AGi architects’ Kuwait office, participated at Kuwait's exclusive conference on Facade design & engineering by Zak World of Façades Middle East. Her presentation was entitled Facades and Roofs and she had the opportunity to talk about the different ways in which AGi architects understand them conceptually. In addition, different case … [Read more...]
Hisham A. Alsager Cardiac Center, Selected project at FAD International Awards 2016
One of our latest healthcare projects, Hisham A. Alsager Cardiac Center, in Kuwait, has been recognized by FAD International Awards 2016 as Selected project. The jury chose five finalists and five selected projects out of 32 works submitted into this category of international projects. FAD Awards expanded their involvement outside the Iberian peninsula three editions … [Read more...]
Mashhad City Complex – 2nd prize in Competition
Our competition entry for a residential and commercial complex in Mashhad City, in cooperation with Shift, wins Second Prize in Iran The Mashhad City Complex proposal -in the Iranian city of the same name- entered into the competition by AGi architects, in collaboration with the local architecture firm Shift Process Practice, won Second Prize. More than 100 design firms … [Read more...]
AGi architects at Leaders in Architecture MENA Summit, in Dubai
Nasser Abulhasan, Principal and co-founder of our design firm, participated at the Leaders in Architecture MENA Summit held recently in Dubai. Nasser was one of the speakers at the panel discussion entitled Does Size Matter- How Does Small Companies Succeed in Doing Big Projects in the Region? The discussion, moderated by Bhakti More, Associate Professor School of Design … [Read more...]