Selected Awards
2005 Honorable Mention: Urban Habitats Competition in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA [link]
2004 The Aga Khan Award for Architecture: for work on the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (As partner of Snøhetta) [link]
2003 Meritorious Award: International Competition for the Malama Learning Center, Hawaii, USA [link]
2003 The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. 2003 Outstanding Structures Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. [link]
2003 Institute of Civil Engineers’ Bill Curtin Medal: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
2002 The American Society of Civil Engineers: Outstanding International Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina [link]
2002 IMM Stone Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina [link]
2002 Deep Foundation Special Recognition Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
2002 World Architecture Award for Africa and the Middle East, Berlin: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
2002 Finalist: Aomori Northern Housing Complex, Aomori, Japan
2000 First Prize: International Competition for the New National Opera House in Oslo, Norway. (As partner of Snøhetta) [link]
1996 First Prize: Norwegian Embassy In Berlin, Germany (As partner of Snøhetta) [link]
1993 Mention: SOS Aufbau Competition, Vienna, Austria
1990 First Prize: Lillehammer Olympic Art Museum, Lillehammer, Norway (As partner of Snøhetta) [link]
1989 First Prize: International Competition for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, The New Library of Alexandria, Egypt (As partner of Snøhetta) [link]
1988 Honorable Mention: International Landscape and Architectural Competition for an Arboretum Master Plan at the University of California, Davis
1986 Honorable Mention: Shinkenchiku International Residential Competition
1978 First Prize: Friedrich Zotter Gedächtnispreis, Graz, Austria
Lectures
2007 California State Polytechnic University Pomona Spring Lecture Series, Pomona, CA, USA [link]
2006 III Congreso nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas, III National Conference of Public Libraries, Murcia, Spain
2005 American University in Dubai, UAE [link]
2005 Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA [link]
2004 Catholic University, Washington DC, USA [link]
2004 Royal Institute of Architects, Dublin, Ireland [link]
2003 International Librarian Conference, Vienna, Austria [link]
2003 Architectural Conference Turn-On, Vienna, Austria [link]
2002 University of Braunschweig, Germany
2002 University of Stuttgart, Germany [link]
2002 University of Innsbruck, Austria [link]
2001 University of Southern California, School of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, USA [link]
1998 American University in Cairo, Egypt [link]
1996 Technical University in Graz, Austria [link]
1996 Galerie Schwanenwik, Hamburg, Germany
1991 Technische University; Graz, Austria
1991 Bibliotheque Nationale; Paris, France [link]
1991 British-Egyptian Society, London, UK
1990 Zentralvereinigung fur Architekten, Vienna, Austria
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