Latest News
New CEO
1 November 2021
The Board of Directors and team at Diar Consult extend a very warm welcome to the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, Islam Foudeh. Effective from 1 November 2021, Islam takes over the role from Sheila Daoud who is embarking on a new role as Vice Chairman.
An Architect with extensive experience in the UAE’s construction sector, Islam has managed a highly successful and reputed architectural practice in Dubai for many years. We look forward to working with Islam in his new role and to his contribution in helping Diar Consult achieve continued success.
World’s Best Clubhouse Award
28 October 2021
The Falcon Clubhouse at Abu Dhabi Golf Club, designed by Samir Daoud of Diar Consult, won the ‘World’s Best Clubhouse Award’ at the eight edition of the World Golf Awards.
The award was announced at a Gala Ceremony held at Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club on 28 October 2021.
Annual CTBUH Awards Program
20 May 2021
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Chicago announced the winners of its 18th Annual CTBUH Awards Program at the 2021 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference that took place virtually from 18 to 20 May 2021.
Samir Daoud was Chair of the Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa Jury and announced the category winner (ToHA Tower 1, Tel Aviv), at the Conference.
The CTBUH Annual Awards program recognises projects and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment, and that achieve sustainability at the highest and broadest level.
Maternity Hospital, Abu Dhabi
March 2021
Another milestone in Diar Consult’s journey -the completion of a new Maternity Hospital with Oncology Department in Abu Dhabi for United AlSaqer Group.
As Project Director and Client Representative, Diar Consult led an international consortium in the design and delivery of this state-of-the-art medical facility. An expansion of Al Noor Hospital, it is being operated by Mediclinic.
Building the Man, Building the Nation
1 November 2020
A newly published book explores the personal and professional journey of Diar Consult principal Samir Serope Daoud, from his childhood in 1960s Baghdad through the twists and turns of the Middle East’s recent history.
Building the Man, Building the Nation tells the story of how as a young man, Samir Serope Daoud’s path was set when he met a group of American Jesuits who had built a college by the banks of the Tigris where he was educated, and examines how the evil of Man and Politics would ultimately force them to abandon their hopes for Iraq and its future, and propel them to seek survival in what would become Iraq’s greatest diaspora.