Curriculum vitae

Mohamed Talaat Abdelaziz

Principal Design Architect · Teaching Assistant · Cairo, Egypt

Professional summary

Principal Design Architect with progressive design-leadership experience delivering more than 20 projects across Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Leads concept design, master planning and schematic design for mixed-use, commercial, residential, religious and infrastructure developments, translating commercial briefs into spatial programmes, architectural identities and client-ready design narratives. Combines multidisciplinary coordination and BIM-informed workflows with client engagement and design quality control, alongside a parallel academic role at Ain Shams University.

Key achievements

  • Delivered a portfolio exceeding 1,000,000 sq m of designed area across mixed-use, residential, religious, landscape and interior commissions.
  • Combines professional practice with university teaching, student supervision, design juries and curriculum development.

Professional experience

Principal Design Architect — Prime Consulting Office (PCO), Cairo · 2026 — Present

Junior Design Architect 2023–2024 · Senior Design Architect 2024–2025 · Principal Design Architect 2026–Present

  • Lead concept design, master planning and schematic design for mixed-use, commercial, residential, religious and infrastructure developments across Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
  • Translate complex client briefs and commercial objectives into design strategies, spatial programmes, master plans, architectural identities and persuasive project narratives.
  • Coordinate architectural design with structural, MEP, infrastructure, landscape and specialist consultants to produce integrated and technically robust solutions.
  • Direct design reviews, client presentations and stakeholder workshops, safeguarding design intent, programme requirements and delivery quality.
  • Supervise and mentor a team of architects, raising design consistency, presentation standards and BIM-informed coordination.
  • Establish and refine internal design workflows and documentation standards that improve cross-department handover and reduce rework.

Academic experience

Teaching Assistant — Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo · 2023 — Present

  • Teach and support architectural design studios, BIM, working and construction drawings, and architectural acoustics.
  • Guide students from site analysis and concept development through to buildable technical solutions, coordinated drawing sets and professional presentations.
  • Contribute to examinations, design juries, curriculum development and student supervision, connecting academic principles to professional practice.

Education

Master of Science in Architecture (in progress) · 2025 — Present

Ain Shams University — research focus: architectural acoustics and the performance of low-frequency membrane absorbers

Bachelor of Science in Architecture · 2015 — 2020

Ain Shams University — Very Good with Honors. Graduation project: Epidemic-Resilient City in China, developed with Huazhong Agricultural University (China) and Clemson University (USA), graded Excellent.

Selected project experience

Mixed-use, commercial and master planning

Residential

Religious

Infrastructure and public realm

Landscape

  • Ras Al Khaimah Resort LandscapeDesign Lead · Ras Al Khaimah, UAE · 2,000 sq m · 2026
  • Khuzam School LandscapeDesign Lead · Ras Al Khaimah, UAE · 2026

Set design

Specialist and technical

  • Architectural Settlement Recovery MethodologyDesign Lead · Cairo, Egypt · 2026 — residential building, coordinated with structural specialists
  • Architectural Settlement Recovery MethodologyDesign Lead · Giza, Egypt · 2026 — applied across a portfolio of more than 70 villas

Technical skills

Design and BIMRevit · AutoCAD · Rhino · Grasshopper · 3ds Max
VisualizationCorona Renderer · Lumion · Adobe Photoshop
DocumentationMicrosoft Office — Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Core competencies

  • Concept and Schematic Design
  • Master Planning and Urban Design
  • Design Leadership
  • Mixed-Use and Commercial Development
  • Facade Design
  • Public Realm and Landscape Interface
  • Design Management
  • Design Review and Quality Control
  • Client and Stakeholder Engagement
  • Multidisciplinary Coordination
  • BIM Coordination
  • Architectural Visualization

Recognition and professional engagement

  • Employee of the Year, Prime Consulting Office, 2025.
  • Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Energy Systems (ICES 2025): Smart and Sustainable Solutions.

Languages

  • Arabic — native
  • English — professional working proficiency

Contact

Egyptian national. Open to opportunities in Egypt, the GCC and internationally.