
Craig Howard
BDP Studio & Architecture Director - MENA Region
The move
MoveGHD → BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd)
TitlePrinciple & Design Director - GHD Design → MENA Studio Director
LocationUnited Arab Emirates → Abu Dhabi
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE15.0
Total experience27.1 years
BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd) headcount1,001-5,000 employees
BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd) industryDesign Services
BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd) HQManchester
BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd) typePrivately Held
Career arc
- MENA Studio DirectorMay 2023 — PresentBBDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd)· Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Principle & Design Director - GHD DesignApr 2018 — Apr 2023
GHD· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Architect AssociateJul 2013 — Apr 2018BBDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd)· Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Senior ArchitectJan 2012 — Jul 2013BBDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd)· Abu Dhabi
- Project ArchitectFeb 2011 — Nov 2011AAustin-Smith:Lord LLP (Abu Dhabi - UAE)· Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Project ArchitectNov 2009 — Feb 2011AAustin-Smith:Lord LLP (London, UK)· London, United Kingdom
- ArchitectMay 2009 — Nov 2009LLifschutz Davidson Sandilands· London, United Kingdom
- Project ArchitectAug 2007 — May 2009
Make Architects· London, United Kingdom
- Project Archiect/Architect/Architectural DraughtspersonJun 2001 — Aug 2007AArchitecture Workshop (New Zealand)· Wellington, New Zealand
- Architectural Draughtsperson, CAD ManagerJan 1999 — Dec 2001
Blair + Co Ltd (New Zealand)· Queenstown, New Zealand
Education
- Otago PolytechnicNZCAD · Architectural Draughtsperson1995 — 1997
- Victoria University of WellingtonBArch (1st Hons) · Architecture2000 — 2004