Jaidah, Ibrahim Mohamed (Personal Name)

The history of Qatari architecture, 2009: t.p. (Ibrahim Mohamed Jaidah) jkt. flap (graduated from the Univ. of Oklahoma in 1988)

99 domes, 2015: title page (Ibrahim Mohamed Jaidah) page 4 of jacket (Ibrahim Mohamed Jaidah is Group CEO & Chief Architect of the Arab Engineering Bureau. Moreover he is a researcher and the author of The history of Qatari architecture. Ibrahim grew up in the old neighbourhood Al Jasra and had as a child an interest in photography and arts that accompanied him throughout his career in architecture. Ibrahim M. Jaidah ranks as a pioneer of a new architectural movement which combines the far-reaching influences of Islamic art with modern style to create memorable landmark structures that are shaping the development of the State of Qatar. Ibrahim M. Jaidah graduated from the University of Oklahoma (USA) in 1988 and worked for Qatar's Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture as Head of the Architectural Section before acquiring the Arab Engineering Bureau (AEB) in 1991. Under his leadership, AEB has evolved into a leading architectural design consultancy operating across the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Ibrahim M. Jaidah has personally overseen more than 1500 projects which his firm has completed since 1991. With each project, he attempts to retain the identity of his culture, embrace the modern, and present the true potential and ambition of both Qatar and AEB. His focus on vernacular architecture has brought a new dimension to the region's architecture, and his projects are considered to reflect cultural, historical and environmental context in which they exist)