abillama architects type private industry architectural design founded 1997 headquarters lebanon key people ra d abillama website raarchitects.com ra d abillama architects is an architectural firm based in lebanon . ra d abillama founded the firm in 1997 after returning from the united states where he was educated . their projects are primarily located in lebanon.the architectural firm has been responsible for the construction of various homes and villas in lebanon along with the winery for ixsir wine and the headquarters for mitsulift . 1 the company was also selected for the aga khan award for architecture in 1999 and again in 2001 . contents 1 history 2 projects 3 external links 4 references history edit ra d abillama first founded the architectural firm ra d abillama architects in 1997 . he began working in architecture after graduating from rhode island school of design in 1993 . after gaining a master s degree in 1994 from columbia university in architectural design he moved to lebanon to establish an architectural firm . 2 following the foundation of ra d abillama architects they began to offer services for building design interior and industrial design . 2 in 1999 ra d abillama architects was selected for the aga khan award for architecture in 1999 . 3 the company was selected again for the aga khan award in 2001 & 2007 . 3 in 2005 the company were finalists for the yce design award . 3 in 2010 the mada residential development in lebanon . a year later cnn featured the ixsir winery in a feature for their greenest buildings of 2011 . 4 during the same year raed abillama architects were awarded the green good design for 2011 . 4 in 2014 the silver award africa middle east for evergreen city urban pine forest rehabilitation was awarded to ra d abillama architects for beirut pine forest . the headquarters for mitsulift in lebanon was completed in 2012 by ra d abillama architects . 5 the design of the building had a number of unique features inlacing the exterior which was designed to reduce the impact of direct sunlight reducing heat intake . 6 the windows were created at a floor to ceiling height and placed in the shade facing either east or west to maximise natural sunlight without increasing the heat . 5 in late 2013 ra d abillama completed the restoration of a 380 year old winery for ixsir wine . 7 the winery was located outside batroun in lebanon 8 and went on to win the pop architizer a award in the same year . 9 10 the project and restoration focused on modernising the building and aspects of the building . 11 during the same year ra d also completed the construction of a beach house located in jbeil lebanon along with other villas that received media coverage for their unique designs . 12 13 while designing the homes the architectural firm would often concentrate on various aspects including everything down to the furniture . 14 during the same year the brand was also announced as a good green architecture 2013 winner for their residential project faqra degrees in lebanon . 15 ra d abillama architects designed the store in beirut for the fashion brand joseph . the store was completed and open in early 2014 and went on to feature in global blue magazine in april 2014 . 16 projects edit mitsulift lebanon headquarters 2012 5 fidar beach house 2013 12 ixsir wine winery 2013 11 joseph fashion beirut store 2014 16 external links edit official website references edit raed abillama architects . architizer . a b about the firm . ra d abillama architects . first1 missing last1 in authors list help a b c ra d abillama . creative economy . a b teo kermeliotis lauren said moorhouse december 13 2011 . the greenest buildings of 2011 . cnn . a b c standard invest mitsulift hq by raed abillama architects . architectism . 28 october 2013 . bruneel g raldine . mitsulift hq ra d abillama architects . arch daily . ixsir winery by ra d abillama architects . delood design magazine . 17 december 2013 . fabricant florence . top chefs and restaurateurs are drawn to beirut . new york times . ixsir winery winner of the architizer a award . archello . architizer a 2013 awards winners . architizer . a b built in nature ixsir winery by raed abillama architects . design exchange magazine . a b williamson caroline 5 march 2013 . fidar beach house by ra d abillama architects . design milk . villa yarze by ra d abillama architects . homedsgn . 12 november 2013 . custom home furniture . usm modular furniture . 2014 . good design green architecture 2013 pdf . green good design 2013 . a b unknown . joseph arrives in beirut april 2014 . global blue . p. 42 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ra d abillama architects & oldid 720931550 categories companies established in 1997hidden categories cs1 errors missing author or editor navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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