October 24, 2007
Mr Bernard Khoury, one of the world’s leading architects, held a lecture at traffic entitled ‘Beyond Modernity: Building in the Arab World’. The turnout was overwhelming with almost 200 students, professional, design lovers and groupies attending. The night started with a welcome by Mr Rami Farook, founder/director of traffic, explaining the concept behind the space and the commercial/cultural initiatives it bears. Professor George Katodrydis and Mr. Hisham Yousef, 2 of the founding members of the Architectural Association of the UAE, then presented the associations commitment to the community and what they aim to achieve in 2008. Bernard Khoury then took the stage and delivered a 1 hour inspirational lecture based around projects he has taken on locally and abroad. His projects were presented from a social, economical and technical perspective. A short Q&A followed the lecture after which guests were invited to view the related exhibition held at traffic’s library.