Amer Moustafa

Educator and Design Practitioner, United Arab Emirates

Amer Moustafa

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    Holcim Awards 2014 Africa Middle East ceremony, Beirut, Lebanon

    Presenting the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize-winning projects: Amer Moustafa, Member of the Holcim Awards jury 2014 Africa Middle East and Associate Dean, School of Architecture and Design American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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    Amer Moustafa Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture and Design, American University of Sharjah, UAE, moderated the workshop Touristic Urbanism: between local and global at the 2nd International Holcim Forum 2007 in Shanghai.

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    Holcim Awards 2011 - Jury for Middle East Africa - Casablanca, Morocco

    The Holcim Awards jury for region Africa Middle East met in Casablanca, Morocco in June 2011 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Javier de Benito, Hashim Sarkis (Head of Jury), Joe Osae-Addo, Abderrafih Lahbabi, Amer Moustafa, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Mphethi Morojele, Chrisna du Plessis and Holger Wallbaum.

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    Holcim Awards 2008 jury for Africa Middle East

    The Holcim Awards jury for region Africa Middle East chaired by Joe Addo met in Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2008 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction. The juries of the Holcim Awards competition include independent experts of international stature engaged in the sustainable development of society, building processes, construction materials, and building projects. (l-r): Joe Osae-Addo, Amer Moustafa, Holger Wallbaum, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Nina Maritz, Dominique Drouet, Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah, Daniel K Irurah, Eyal Weizman.

Amer Moustafa is former Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture and Design at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates (2000-2015) and was a member of the Holcim Foundation Awards jury for Middle East & Africa in 2008 and 2014.

Last updated: June 03, 2024 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

He moderated the workshop “Touristic Urbanism: Between local and global” at the 2nd Holcim Forum 2007 on Urban Transformation.

Amer Moustafa's teaching and research interests are in the areas of urban design and planning, city form and urban transformation, urban governance and culture, globalization and urban identity, and the democratic city.

He holds a PhD from the University of Southern California, a Science Master of Architecture Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Aleppo, Syria.

Before moving to the United Arab Emirates, he spent over 15 years in the United States in consulting, research, and teaching. He held teaching positions at the University of Southern California, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and CalPoly, Pomona. He also practiced architecture, urban design and planning in Boston, Los Angeles and the UAE.