MEAM Qatar Business Awards 2018

14 MEA MARKETS / 2018 Qatar Business Excellence Awards Landscape Departments are led by Architect Rulla Hatamleh, who carries a wide recognition and awards in architectural design, landscape and master planning (awarded twice, with the Arab Islamic Cities Architectural Awards (both for Al Sharq Resorts and Spa, and for Al Dayin Municipality Complex)). Combination of this lead and skills, DARA has become one of the leading architectural and engineering consultancy firms in the country. Aligned with the international standards and traditional- minimalism trends, both local and international state of art, the Interior Design & Landscape Division realizes and takes care of the need to maximize client’s investment through the effective transformation, rational planning, innovative thinking, commitment to teamwork, and attention to details, are the basic guiding principles of the Dara Engineering Consultants, framed by the client’s limitations on both budget and scope. The firm clients in creating the most effective design and layout with a range of challenges including the Practicality, efficiency, and productivity of spaces; the Cost effectiveness of the overall construction budget; Long-term maintenance costs; Image creation and/or enhancement of a pleasant environment; as well as Logical, practical and functional design. This collaborative, supportive approach helps to ensure that DARA is able to attract and retain some of the leading talent in the industry, all of whom are driven towards the firm’s goals and dedicated to supporting their clients. Thanks to its dedicated and skilled staff DARA is able to offer clients a full architectural solution, based on international standards, from the client’s seed idea until the accomplishment of the design phase. Being based in Qatar offers DARA many great opportunities to work on innovative and unique projects that cannot be undertaken elsewhere in the world. Geographically locate in the Gulf, a strategical point that links Europe, Asia and Africa, the peninsula of Qatar has become a relevant and well-known state of the art location in few years, among the international architectural firms and magazines. The Qatar construction market is vast, as Qatar is one of the leading countries in the construction sector among the GCC countries, and has heavily invested in the development of the country. Encompassing DARA for a parallel growth, this has make Qatar become a construction and architectural hub. Within Qatar, Doha is the capital, and here the majority of the population concentrates and projects are taking place. Since a few years ago, other