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Founder, Sameh  Farid Architects

Research-in-practice and education. • Focus in the relationship of technology to architectural value and spirituality. • Modern technological thought has brought us to an impass not unlike the pandemic of 2020. We will not be able to continue as we have. • Need is to inform architects' role in coming change; responsibility far surpasses what we are today doing. • Ground of my work is to bring spiritual practice near to architectural practice and bring to the fore the original questioning nature of architectural practice that gives measure as architectural loci in tune with nature. • Facilitate transformative use of the findings of science that technology enables. 

Nimra Qazi is an Architect by profession, an entrepreneur, design thinker and a global shaper for the World Economic Forum (WEF) who is driven by the functional, spatial and technological advancement of our built environment for sustainable living through Eco-Friendly design solutions.

My design focus is to fulfil the clients requirements, expectations and goal achievement through creativity, ease of process and value. 

Architecture is always a reflection of society, it rises from the site and it serves its users.

ORIGINAL BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE  THAT CHANGE THE BEING AND THE FUTURE OF THE URBAN VISION OF CITIES 

CREATIVE TOUCHS IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

INNOVATIONS IN URBAN PLANNING

INNOVATIVES THEORIES IN PSYCHOLOGY OF SPACE AND CREATIVITY

Human is mortal and architecture is immortal my focus on architecture is to put a life in it with kinetics, sustainability and passive approach of heating cooling and ventilation systems.

I am interested in architecture that relates to the culture where it is located, and at the time reflects the nuances of emerging contemporary living.

My special architectural focus would be on the residential projects, I can say that I run an Architectural Consultancy "Riaz Associates" in Pakistan for 30 years (1984 -2014), in the city of Lahore, one of the most populated city of the country and the capital of the biggest province 'Punjab'.

  My interest was on individual housing and the housing schemes projects. My focus was on to design custom homes for the particular clients according to their family requirements, budget with the environment of the location. My primary interest was on a practical, well lighted and a space full of comfort. I attended many juries in different universities in Pakistan.

  With my experience and interest in reading magazines, I started publishing an architectural and art magazine (quarterly) "Designers Style" in 2011 as publisher and editor in chief and it is running till today. It is one of the top 3 publications in the country and I am honoured that it has articles from around the world and is sent to many places outside the country. Because of my dual nationality I travelled a lot to many places especially Canada and I moved to Toronto in 2014. I am managing my magazine team from here and to learn more I got admission in Ryerson University, Chang School of Continuing Education in the subject of publishing in 2017. You can visit online at facebook.com/designerstyle.magazine

   I moved to Calgary now in Nov.2019, to explore life and style of west of Canada and US.

My foucus will be on sustainability and relevance. I belive in toodays world getting into catching up, we forget about the relevance of the little things that matter and that what i belive is more important.

focus on beauty in every detail

My architectural focus is research based on traditional and modern architecture. How things are changed with time and again come alive with passage of time. The main focus is on use of space where we live.

stress on social context and sustainability

I am an Architect and i manage my own design office, in addition to professional experience i am a university instructor for design studio and computer courses and digital architectural visualisation.(Computer course coordinator at the Holy Spirit University- Kaslik)

 I am also an Authorised Instructor at Autodesk for AutoCad, 3DMax and Revit softwares.

I am also a holder of a Masters of Art in Contemporary Art.