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About AWAJ

Forty-five years of building what we design

Founded in 1981, AWAJ is a Dubai-based practice of consulting architects, structural and MEP engineers, and planners. We carry projects from first sketch to construction supervision — no handoffs between firms, no redesign cycles caused by consultants who never talk to each other.

History

1981
AWAJ is founded in Dubai

Al Wasl Al Jadeed Consultants opens its doors as a practice of consulting architects and engineers, at a time when Dubai's built environment was still mostly low-rise.

1997
Diving & Heritage Village, Al Shindagha

Commissioned by Dubai Municipality to open with the Dubai Shopping Festival, AWAJ delivers design audit and project management on a fixed, non-negotiable launch date.

2017
Reem Townhouses, Town Square

364 townhouses across 45 plex clusters for NSHAMA — AWAJ's design-and-build work on Al Qudra Road establishes the firm as a fast-track residential partner.

2018–2019
Wasl's largest residential communities

Hotel staff accommodation in Warsan and the Ras Al Khor development — AED 1.7 billion combined — position AWAJ as lead consultant on Wasl Asset Management Group's largest housing programmes.

2023
First automated e-fulfillment warehouse

A 24,000 m² facility for Aldar Properties in Dubai South brings AWAJ into logistics and industrial design, coordinating structural grids around ASRS and conveyor systems.

2024
Glocal University Master Plan, India

A 15,000-student residential campus in Saharanpur — AWAJ's largest master-planning commission to date, and its first major project outside the UAE.

Principles

How we actually work

Design integrity survives construction

A concept that only works on paper isn't a design. We stay on site through supervision specifically so the building matches what was approved.

One roof, fewer redesigns

Architecture, structural, and MEP sit under the same practice, which means clashes get caught in design development instead of on site.

Budget discipline, not corner-cutting

Value engineering targets the structural grid, the parking strategy, the envelope — never the amenities a resident or tenant actually notices.

Built by a regional team

120+ architects and engineers across the UAE, Egypt, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, each project benefiting from more than one regulatory and construction culture.

Geography

One Dubai office, a project reach across three continents

Every project is directed from Business Bay, Dubai, by teams with hands-on experience across the Middle East, South Asia, and East Africa — currently delivering work in the UAE and India, with a project history spanning the wider region.

1981
Founded in Dubai
250+
Clients served
120+
Architects & engineers
7
Countries on the team
Architectural master-planning model