is committed to the belief that the quality of the built environment is an essential part of the economic and cultural fabric of society, in which the very best architectural approach plays a central and intrinsic role.

Godwin Austen Johnson

Wherewe are

Office locations

Dubai, UAEAbu Dhabi, UAESharjah, UAEUnited Kingdom

Project Sites

BahrainEgyptIndiaKuwaitKingdom of Saudi Arabia

LebanonLibyaMoroccoOmanSyria

TunisiaUnited Arab Emirates United Kingdom

Whowe are

Acharya Manoj MAlbert TeladaAlberto G. BolonosAlessandro ZanchettaAmmar Adeeb TawfeekAnala PadmanabhaAndrew Nicholas MilburnAngelita AlvesAnjana RajanAnshuman KhannaAntonieto GadiaAvinash KumarBarry ErlandaBenjamin P. AlipioBeshar FekaikiBharani Dharan

Cesar BustosChander ShekherChristina C CarlosChristina MorganChristine EspinosaCirilo M PalomoCormac LynchDan Prince PeterDarko PetrovichDemetrio S. Docena Jr.Eduard A JulianoEduardson Roldan MaglenteElie ChoucairFasid HidressFelicity McGrathFrancisco OngkikoHallam LowmassHaniyeh HooshmandHasan J. Al Farra

Hatim Fathulla MohammedHrishikesh R. PradhanIain StewartIan JorolanIgnacio G. GonzalezIres H. PaciaIslam Taha LabanaJacinda RanioloJaheer HussainJaimon PailyJames PullenJames MacaulayJasmine B PasibeJignesh K DholakiaJoan S. BersabalJobeth C. EstabayaJohn GillenJohn Reggie B. Montoya

Jonathan James AshmoreKarthika NKarthikeyan GKasra EslahchiKatherine ChambersKevin Gerald OffinKK JayaprakasanLata PunjabiLaurice LicopLeila MottahedanLester S BundaLisandro D. MendozaLiza Elias TogononLyndsey LewisMahnaz MohamadlooMaisa JarjousManikandan MMarikannan BalaramanMartin Rose

Meena S. PanditMichelle ReyesMilagros A BuenMohammed Abdul GaffarMohammed AfzalMohammed Rafique MugalMuneer Hussain SMustafa MoizNamrata PuranikNandish JagadNassar TumbithodikaNimesh ChudasamaNitin Lloyd MathiasNoha Al RifaiNoordin AbdulganiNowsath Abdul GaffarOsama El HakimOzlem Gurevin

Pallavi DeanPankaj M MulayPaul BradfordPaul CrawfordPaul RobinsonPeter McGrathPeter MoyPrarthana A GPratheep KamalasananPratheesh BabuRaina ViegasRajani NiranjanRakesh KodothRalph Denish AgnoRamesh KRense ThomasRishitha ChudasamaRomeo RoldanRonaldo BayRoss Vincent Smyth

Sabu ThomasSaravana PerumalScott JezzardSenthil Kumar NagarajShounak PatneSiva Kumar SSmitha RajeevanSmitha VidyasagarSrinivasan ParthibanSteve MardsenSunil JasujaSyed YousufshaTeodora C. GrajeraTzu-Mei StewartVeena KanchanVic Raymund V. TanedoVinodh VelappanViren PawarWallyfred J NacuaWilliam Macloyos

Staff

Managing Partner

Partners

AssociatePartners

Andrew Barley

Brian Johnson

Jason Burnside Jason LloydTaverner

Isabel PintadoGrundy-White

Ricuz Van Zyl Simon Chambers

David Green Graeme Fisher Keith Gavin Mary Stonuary Michael Dawson

GAJ is one of the largest and longest-established UK architectural and design practices in the UAE. Throughout its 20 year history the company has created some of Dubai’s most iconic buildings and helped define the emirate as we know it today.An award-winning and multi-disciplinary architecture practice, GAJ has particular expertise in hotel and hospitality, residential and commercial, education, sport and leisure design.

Despite its years the company remains young and dynamic, employing 170 staff at its Dubai headquarters, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and UK offices. Its portfolio of work is also extensive with a wide range of built, and ongoing projects across the Middle East and North Africa.

GAJ originally started in the UK in 1989 as Godwin Austen Johnson. However its lineage of partnerships harks back to 1847 with a corporate archive of landmark British architecture throughout the industrial and modern ages.

In 1991 Principal and Managing Partner Brian Johnson opened the GAJ headquarters in Dubai. He had been practicing in the emirate since 1975 and saw exciting opportunities to contribute to the development of a new world city.

With more than 30 years of regional experience to his name, Johnson’s influence on modern Middle Eastern architecture has been pervasive. GAJ’s body of work comprises some of Dubai’s most recognisable and prized buildings.

The Dubai Creek Golf Club was the first building in Dubai whose physical presence was matched by its status as a local emblem - so much so it features on the 20 dirham note.

Arguably, it was GAJ that set in motion a countrywide trend in the UAE to incorporate traditional Islamic themes into modern architecture. Bab Al Shams and the Arabian Courtyard, Residence and Spa at The One & Only Royal Mirage Hotel remain a testament to this.

As a fully integrated design practice GAJ provides expertise in the associated disciplines of interior design, structural engineering, graphic design and corporate branding.

Selected Projects

Dubai Creek Golf Club

Sport & LeisureDubai, UAE 1991

8 9

Bab Al Shams

Hotels & ResortsDubai, UAE 2004

12 13

Arabian Court, Residence &

Spa at The One&Only

Royal Mirage Hotel

Hotels & ResortsDubai, UAE 2003

16 17

Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht

Housing

ResidentialDubai, UAE 2006

20 21

Gate Village

CommercialDubai, UAE 2008

with Hopkins Architects

24 25

Hotels & ResortsDubai, UAE 1994

Jebel Ali Beach Resort

26 27

Tozeur Resort

Hotels & ResortsTunisia Ongoing

28 29

CulturalDubai, UAE 2006

Amphitheatreat Al Sahra Desert Resort

30 31

Sharm El Sheikh

Masterplan

MasterplanningEgypt Ongoing

34 35

Dubai Sports City Academies & School

Sport & LeisureDubai, UAE Ongoing

36 37

Westgate

Masterplanning Mixed useTripoli, Libya Ongoing

Client Mr. Slim Riahi - Capital Gate Holding

40 41

Interior Design

Westgate Hotel

Tripoli, Libya Ongoing

Client Mr. Slim Riahi - Capital Gate Holding

42 43

ResidentialDubai, UAE 2006with Steven Ehrlich Architects

Villa in Dubai

44 45

Saraya Bandar Jissah

Masterplanning ResidentialOman Ongoing

48 49

Zayed CricketStadium

Sport & LeisureAbu Dhabi, UAE 2004

50

Dubai CreekYacht Club

Sport & LeisureDubai, UAE 1991

51

The AddressJnan AmarMarrakech

Hotels & ResortsMorocco Ongoing

54 55

CommercialDubai, UAE 2009

EntrepreneurBusiness Village

56 57

King Edward IVSchool

Education & CulturalUnited Kingdom

58

Jebel Ali Shooting Club

Sport & LeisureDubai, UAE

59

MasterplanningEgypt Ongoing

Red Sea Riviera Masterplan

60 61

Eucalyptus

Masterplanning Mixed useTripoli, Libya Ongoing

Client Mr. Slim Riahi - Capital Gate Holding

64 65

Sport & Leisure

Libya Marina

Tripoli, Libya On hold

Client Mr. Slim Riahi - Capital Gate Holding

66 67

CommercialDubai, UAE On hold

CommercialHeadquarters

68 69

Ecos Hotel

Hotels & ResortsDubai, UAE On hold

70

Sharm El SheikhLagoon Island

Interior DesignEgypt Ongoing

71

Residential

Contemporary Villa Project

Dubai, UAE On hold

72 73

ResidentialTowers

ResidentialDubai, UAE On hold

74

Commercial Tower

CommercialDubai, UAE On hold

75

Al Kabir Hotel

Interior DesignTripoli, Libya On hold

Client Mr. Slim Riahi - Capital Gate Holding

76

Bab Al BaharHotel

Interior DesignTripoli, Libya On hold

Client Mr. Slim Riahi - Capital Gate Holding

77

Private Office

Interior DesignSharjah, UAE Ongoing

78

GAJ Headquarters

Interior DesignDubai, UAE 2009

79

Resort Hotel

Hotels & ResortsEgypt Ongoing

80 81

Lodge Retreat

Interior DesignMorocco Ongoing

82

Golf Club House

Interior DesignEgypt Ongoing

83

7 Star Hotel

Interior DesignTripoli, Libya Ongoing

Client Mr. Slim Riahi - Capital Gate Holding

84 85

Sharm El Sheikh

Sales Centre

Interior DesignEgypt Ongoing

86

Sharm El SheikhResidences

Interior DesignEgypt Ongoing

87

Private Spa

Interior DesignDubai, UAE Ongoing

88

BanquetIsland

Hotels & ResortsEgypt Ongoing

89

Artistic Impressions

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Board

Sketches Various Projects

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...and moreover 30 years

working in MENA region

Hotels & Resorts

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Desert Retreat Morocco2 Desert Resort Abu Dhabi, UAE

4

Desert Sanctuary Abu Dhabi, UAE

6 Caravanserai Dubai, UAE

5 Taghazout Golf Club Morocco

7

Island Resort Dubai, UAE

Bait Al Arab Kuwait

8

11

9

12

10Blue Palace Libya

Ecos Hotel Oman Muscat, Oman

Deira Hotel Dubai, UAEEmirates Palace Abu Dhabi, UAE

Sharaf Hotel Dubai, UAE

1 2

Residential

Al Barari Villas Dubai, UAE JGE Fireside Villas Dubai, UAE

3 4 5Tip Plot Dubai, UAE JGE Limetree Valley Dubai, UAE Residential Tower Dubai, UAE

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1

2

2

Sport & Leisure

Arabian Ranches Golf Clubhouse Dubai, UAE

Dubai College Dubai, UAE

Sharjah Shooting Club Sharjah, UAE

Sharjah Arts Academy Sharjah, UAE

3 4 5 Sharm El Sheikh Tennis Academy EgyptMontgomery Golf Academy Dubai, UAE

6 Al Qasba Fitness Centre Sharjah, UAE

Al Safa Spa Dubai, UAE

Education & Cultural

Sharjah Institute of Technology Sharjah3 4 5Sharjah Meeting Hall Sharjah, UAE Al Khan Museum Sharjah, UAE

6 American University of Sharjah Sharjah,UAE

1

Masterplanning

Plot 007 Dubai, UAE 2 Project Transform Dubai, UAE

3 4The Stretch Dubai, UAE Universal Studios Dubai, UAE

3 4 5Eucalyptus Campus Commercial Libya Eucalyptus Gateway Commercial LibyaPrivate Villa Dubai, UAE

Sharjah Ladies Club Sharjah, UAE6 7 Kalimat Office Sharjah, UAE 8 Water Homes Dubai, UAE

1 2

Interior Design

Private Villa Dubai, UAE Deutsche Bank Dubai, UAE

9 10 Private Villa Dubai, UAESharjah Museum Cafe’ Sharjah, UAE 11 Palm Tree Court Extension Dubai, UAE

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All information is accurateat the time of print, November 2010.

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