A Dubai practice built on collective work
Established in 1981, AWAJ is an integrated consulting practice with architects, planners, and civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical engineers.
Corporate history
Obaid Ghanim A. R. Al Mutaiwei and Shyam Kolhatkar establish a local design practice for Dubai's rapidly growing built environment.
AWAJ audits design documents and provides project management consultancy for a cultural destination launched with the Dubai Shopping Festival.
The firm combines architects, planners, and engineers to provide architecture, town planning, civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical design.
How the firm is structured
Collective work
AWAJ describes its practice as being based on collective work and shared knowledge across disciplines.
Complete consulting service
The practice has grown to provide a complete consulting service for a wide range of architectural projects.
Integrated disciplines
Architecture and town planning are coordinated with civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical engineering design.
Concept to completion
Published project scopes extend from initial design and authority coordination through contract administration and construction supervision.
Established in Dubai
AWAJ operates from Clover Bay Tower in Business Bay. Its published portfolio includes projects across the UAE as well as educational and industrial work in India and Djibouti.
