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Elie Edmond ELIRANY

Elie Edmond ELIRANY

Northville, MI, US

 

About 

Architect / Design & Project Manager

15 years of Professional Experience within international design firms / 6 years in the GCC

Socially Aware, Responsible, and Sustainable Architectural Design Specialist.
(Feasibility analysis - Program development - Information search & analysis - Conceptual design - Schematic Design - Design Development - Construction documents - Construction Supervision)
Design Management, Team Management, and Design Coordination.

Employment 

Eview 360 Corporation, Farmington Hills, MI, US, Retail Creative Director

Oct 2013 - current
 

Fata Construction and Development, Riverside, CA, US, Architectural Consultant

Jan 2013 - Sep 2013
 

NineSixOne Architects FZC, Beirut, LB + Dubai, AE, Associate

Associate at the Architectural Design Boutique Firm and a founding member of its subsidiary architectural research platform.
The Nine Six One Concept is an association between established multidisciplinary Lebanese Architects within a flat horizontal projectized organizational structure.

Dec 2010 - Sep 2013
 

dwp - design worldwide partnership, Dubai, AE, Senior Architect / Design Manager

As a Senior Architect in the core team of 3 architects who established the Dubai Architectural Branch of dwp, my responsibilities started with the set-up of the branch and defining the design standards while helping developing the design and quality procedures, at the same time leading different projects conceptual designs.
After securing and winning multiple leads, my main duties were but not limited to:
- managing the growing Architectural Team.
- leading conceptual architectural design proposals.
- client presentations and project related coordination meetings.
- leading design development phases.
- advising and backing up the Interior Design Team.
- develop professional relationships with clients, developers, consultants and sub consultants.
- design management and coordination between sub-consultants.
- meeting with authorities and checking the design accordance with international and local codes.
- managing project deliverables, documentation, schedule and resources with quality within the budget and on time.

Apr 2009 - Nov 2010
 

Design Excellence - Sama Dubai - Dubai Holding, Dubai, AE, Design Architect / Project Architect

Responsibilities at Design Excellence were at different design stages. From conceptual and schematic proposals for parts or components of mega-developments for Sama Dubai, to coordination between multiple project stakeholders like design consultants, Engineers, operators, etc... along with other design consultants design-reviews and design management.
In Addition to that I was behind "Executive Design" branding, the under-establishment private architectural design consultancy firm, the Sama Dubai Design Arm to be.

Oct 2008 - Mar 2009
 

TVSA International Inc. - Thompson Ventulett Stainback and Associates, Dubai, AE, Design Architect

As part of the Dubai Office of TVSA International with its big design portfolio in the region, I was a team player in one of the most creative and innovative International studios on the Dubai scape. We had the opportunity to get exposed to a variety of design tasks in different architectural design segments.
I was personally behind the concept of the TVS "black book", the award winning company profile and marketing tool.

Oct 2006 - Sep 2008
 

tvsdesign, Dubai, AE, Project Architect

TVS Design is the New Image & continuity of TVSA

Oct 2006 - Sep 2008
 

Pierre El Khoury Architects, Beirut, LB, Architect

PEK Architects is one of the most prestigious boutique design firms that has a long history of architectural practice, in Lebanon and abroad.
Being part of the PEK family and living the design experience within its structure has left some deep traces inside me and influenced my whole career track.

Feb 2005 - Jul 2006
 

Education 

Lebanese University - National Institute of Fine Arts - branch 2, Furn El Chebback, Beirut, LB, MArch, Architecture

"Institut National des Beaux Arts"
DESA [Diplome d’Etudes Supérieures en Architecture]
Professional degree in Architecture.
6 years program.
(equivalent to a Masters degree in architecture with the credit system.)

Senior project: “La Fabrica”: National Print Media Forum; integration of the ancient 1840s historical building of the “Imprimerie Catholique” into a complete complex for the print media industry

Oct 1997 - Sep 2003
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills