Wael Al-Masri Planners & Architects - WMPA

Wael Al Masri Chief Architect

Wael Al-Masri

Design Philosophy and Approach

Towards a Holistic Design Approach in the Built Environment,” at the Abu Ghazala Society, Amman Feb. 6, 2010.
“Cultural Sustainability: Learning from Traditional Architecture,” at the Arab Forum for Environment and Development Conference, Beirut Nov. 20, 2009.
Towards a Holistic Design Approach in the Built Environment,” at the Institute of Islamic Arts and Architecture, Amman Nov. 6, 2009.
“Culture and Sustainability: Learning from Traditional Architecture,” at the Think Green 2 in Real Estate Development Conference, Amman May 26, 2009.
“Traditional Architecture and Holistic Development in the Arab/Islamic World Today,” at the University of Jordan, May 4, 2009.
“Green Architecture: Looking at the Relevance of Traditional Architecture Today,” at Abu Dhabi Cityscape 2009, April 20, 2009.
“Cultural Sustainability: Achieving an Equilibrium” at the 3^rd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction, in Abu Dhabi, March 16, 2009.
”Architecture in the Arab/Islamic World: A Contextual Approach” at the University of Sharjah, Oct. 29, 2008, and in Kuwait at Gulf Consult office, Dec. 3, 2008.
“Reflecting the New Hybrid Identity in Urban and Architectural Design”, Lecture and Workshop at Dubai Cityscape, Oct. on 6-7, 2008.
“Reading in My Journey into Architecture,” at the award ceremony of the Arab Towns Organization, Doha, Qatar, May 27, 2008, also at a special event organized by the Jordanian Engineers Society in Amman, June 2008, and at the Dammam Chamber of Commerce, KSA, Nov. 16, 2008.
“Contextualizing Globalization: Towards an Architectural Synthesis in the Gulf Region” at the conference held in Sharjah, titled “Instant Cities” organized by CSAAR and the American University of Sharjah, April 2, 2008.
“Architecture and Identity: Islamic Community Centers in America” at the conference held in Tunis titled: Regional Architecture in the Age of Globalization” organized by CSAAR and Tunis University, Nov. 13, 2008.
“Souq Al-Manshar: Towards a Contemporary Arab Architecture,” held at Al-Manshar Complex, organized by Tamdeen Real Estate Company and the Architecture Department at the University of Kuwait, Dec. 23, 2006.
“Mega Projects in the Gulf Region” held at Dar Al-Omran office, in Amman, Dec. 2006,
“Understanding Sefrou: The Transformational Nature of Form and Culture” held at Caravanserai Hotel in Marrakech, Morocco, Jan. 2005.
“Reading Material Aspects of Architectural Surfaces,” held at SBA offices in Amman, 1998.
“Architectural Heritage in Jordan: Between Marketing for Tourism, and Expressing National Identity” at The First Jordanian Conference for the Preservation of Architectural Heritage”, held at the Royal Cultural Center in Amman, Sept. 1997.
“Architecture and Identity: The case of Al-Mabarrah of Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah” at the College of Turath, Rabat, Morocco, July 1992.
The Evolution of the Houses of Kuwait and Cairo: A Comparative Study”, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT, in 1991.
“Transformations of the Urban Environment in Kuwait,” at a conference organized by The University of Kuwait and the Municipality of Kuwait at the University of Kuwait, June 1989.
“The Transformation of Architecture in Kuwait” at the Kuwaiti Engineer’s Office, Kuwait, April 1989.
“Cairo, The City Victorious” at the Kuwaiti Engineer’s Office, Kuwait, 1985.
“Journey in the Glorious Arab Cities of Al-Andalus” at the Kuwaiti Engineer’s Office, Kuwait, 1985.