Omrania and Associates
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| Private | |
| Headquarters | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Key people | Basem Al Shihabi (managing partner) |
| Website | http://www.omrania.com/ |
Omrania and Associates is an architectural and engineering consulting practice that works in the fields of town planning, architecture, engineering, and project management. The total staff employed by Omrania today is approximately 320.
Based Riyadh, the firm's business had traditionally been predominantly in Saudi Arabia. However, in the early 1980s, Omrania established a branch office in London to service both the Saudi and European markets. In addition, Omrania was an equity holder from 1992 to 2004 in Chovet Engineering, a French manufacturing and process engineering company, operating in the Middle East and other world regions.
Recognising the potential offered in other developing areas of the Middle East, Omrania has creating subsidiaries in Bahrain and Jordan and has executed projects in Yemen, Lebanon, Qatar, Dubai and Abu Dhabi as well as in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Bahrain. Moreover, through joint venture partnerships, associations and affiliations with internationally recognised consultants and other organizations, Omrania has brought an international perspective to major projects and developments.
Mission
The hallmark of Omrania’s design philosophy has always been to explore the connection between a building and its context, leading it to produce versatile architectural projects with contemporary materials and methods while respecting culture, tradition, and place.
Awards
- Kingdom Centre : Best New Skyscraper of the year 2002 for design and functionality
- Towaiq Palace : Aga Khan Award for Architecture
- GOSI Office Park : The international Property Award 2010
- The Architecture Award (Office) Arabia
- The Architecture Award (Office) Saudi Arabia
- Best Office Development Saudi Arabia
Services
- Project management
- Architecture
- Interior design
- Landscape architecture
- Civil and structural engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Planning and urban design
- Quantity surveying
- Graphic design and animation
- Construction managementand site supervision
Board of directors
- Basem Al Shihabi : managing director
- Othman Al-Washmi
- Rukn Eldeen Mohammed
- Majdi El-Shami
- Abdulsalam Al Haddad
- Zouheir Kodeih
- Mohammed Khudairi
- Mutasem Diab
- Philip Willmetts
- Hisham Al-Weher