Le client is NOT roi
Architectural success depends on a balanced partnership where the client provides vision and the architect contributes technical expertise. Financial ownership…
Author: ibrahim Fawakherji
Articles published under the pen name Ibrahim Fawakherji, an ArchUp columnist with a professional background in architecture, design and building management. This archive brings together his original writing across these fields and urban life. For the column’s editorial focus and essays, visit the Fawakherji Column. Contact ArchUp about reuse permissions; unauthorized republication may be referred for removal.
Who Decides Which Architects Are Remembered
The history of documenting architects is not a mere chronological timeline; it is a mirror reflecting a complex social and…
Architecture Beyond the Human Eye
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpAfter the response to the Cat’s Eyes piece, a question arrived that I had not seriously considered…
Before You Enter the Office
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpEvery summer the same scene repeats itself.Architecture students, engineering students, interior design students, begin sending their CVs…
Architectural Design for Twenty Dollars
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpA few days ago I was watching one of the Arab economic channels. An analyst was speaking…
Green FIFA, Grey Reality
Criticism of FIFA’s leadership regarding private flight emissions overlooks the systemic environmental impact of hosting the World Cup across three…
Look Who’s Talking
The construction industry operates with a significant information gap between clients and architectural professionals. Property owners often evaluate architects using…
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From Football to Super Bowl
The 2026 World Cup reflects a significant shift in sports architecture, where stadiums function as multi-purpose entertainment complexes rather than…
Cat’s Eyes
Architectural history is shaped by the gap between the physical experience of buildings and the linguistic tools used to describe…
A Place of Worship, a School, or a Hospital?
A question posed by an architecture student — whether to build a place of worship, a school, or a hospital…
Brain Rot in the Rabbit Hole: On Architectural Media and the Right to Be Seen
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpI read a piece of news recently that stayed with me longer than I expected.European regulators were…
The Property That Teaches
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpThere is a stage in every project that most people mistake for an ending.The design is complete….
I Miss the Render
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpA few days ago I opened my personal Gmail account after the message everyone dreads appeared on…
The Digital Land Bubble: How DeFi and the Metaverse are Repricing Real Estate Assets
ArchUp Desk —The concept of real estate has long been associated in the human consciousness with physical land, bricks, and…
The Internalized Jury: Overcoming Academic Trauma and Creative Paralysis in Architecture Practice
Staring at a blank CAD screen or an empty roll of tracing paper without being able to draw a single…
Who Really Builds Our Cities? The Conflict and Integration of Roles Between the Planner, the Developer, and the Financier
ArchUp Desk —The word “planning” often conjures images of rigid, top-down state control and centralized bureaucracy. However, modern urban development…
The Driver’s Room: Architecture’s Forgotten Space
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpThere is a room that appears in almost every Gulf villa built in the last four decades….
AI Interviews Fawakherji
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpA few months ago, ArchUp published an imagined conversation with an AI model about the future of…
A Conversation with AI from 2035
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpToday we are breaking from our usual format at ArchUp.For years, our conversations have been with architects,…
When the Builder Becomes the Hesitator
There is an old rule in financial markets that traders repeat to each other so often it has become almost…
Architecture in the Prophetic Tradition: When Space Entered the Text
When the conversation turns to Islamic architecture, the mind moves immediately toward the visible: domes and minarets, geometric ornament, the…
