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Consulting Architects · Engineers · Planners

We deliver from concept to completion.

AWAJ is a Dubai-based practice of consulting architects, structural and MEP engineers, and planners, founded in 1981. Over four decades we've delivered master plans, residential communities, industrial facilities, and institutional buildings for clients across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

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Capabilities

One practice, five disciplines under one roof

Architecture, planning, structural and MEP engineering, and construction supervision stay coordinated from concept through handover — because they're designed by the same team.

How we work

Six stages, one team, no handoffs

The same practice carries a project from first sketch to final snagging list.

See the full process
01Brief & Feasibility
02Concept Design
03Design Development
04Authority Approvals
05Construction Supervision
06Handover
Team

120+ architects and engineers across seven countries

Senior leads based in Dubai, project teams drawing on design and engineering talent from the UAE, Egypt, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Obaid Ghanim A. R. Al Mutaiwei
Obaid Ghanim A. R. Al Mutaiwei
Chairman & Managing Partner
Mangesh Shetye
Mangesh Shetye
Managing Director & Partner
Farah El-Sayed
Farah El-Sayed
Head of Architecture
Rohan Deshpande
Rohan Deshpande
Head of Structural Engineering
Meet the whole team
Business Bay, Dubai

Ready to talk about your project?

Tell us about the brief, the site, and the budget — we'll tell you what it takes to build it.