Editors
ArchUp’s editorial work is produced through a distributed bilingual network of editors, architectural writers, researchers, correspondents, translators, visual contributors, and technical specialists.
Together, these teams document and critically examine architecture, design, cities, construction, materials, research, events, and competitions. Every role operates within a shared editorial standard of verification, independence, attribution, and public value.
Editorial Mandate
ArchUp does not approach architecture as a sequence of images, announcements, or promotional claims. A building, city, material, competition, exhibition, or design decision enters the publication as part of a wider record: one that requires context, verification, classification, and,where warranted,independent critical reading.
The editorial record follows architecture across time: from proposal and construction to occupation, adaptation, preservation, and disappearance. It is intended to remain useful to professionals, institutions, researchers, students, the wider public, search engines, and emerging knowledge systems in both English and Arabic.
Architecture deserves more than exposure. It deserves documentation, context, and an independent critical record.
A distributed editorial model
From the beginning of 2025, ArchUp’s working model developed from reliance on individual editors into a distributed structure of specialised teams and contributors. Editorial direction, daily coordination, research, events, competitions, field reporting, translation, visual production, and platform operations are separated by responsibility while remaining accountable to the same published standards.
This structure does not dilute responsibility. Every published page must remain attributable to a responsible editorial role, and every unit is subject to ArchUp’s Editorial Guidelines.
Editorial Leadership
Ibrahim Fawakherji
Editor-in-Chief
Sets ArchUp’s editorial direction, critical framework, and long-form publishing programme.
Nawaf
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Supports editorial priorities, coordination, and consistency across international coverage.
Nasser bin Ibrahim
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Oversees editorial operations, contributors, and publishing standards.
Lulwah
Director of Visual Identity & Creative Affairs
Directs ArchUp’s visual identity and the presentation of editorial content.
Editorial Operations and Standards
This unit maintains continuity between incoming material, verification, analytical assessment, categorisation, bilingual coordination, publication, and post-publication review.
Mahmoud Sheikh
Editorial Coordinator
Coordinates submissions, reviews, and publication readiness.
Mona Mohammed
Editorial & Events Coordinator
Coordinates event coverage, press communication, and editorial follow-up.
Munira Safal
Editorial Insight Coordinator
Coordinates the independent ✦ ArchUp Editorial Insight review.
Architecture, Research, and Field Documentation
This group follows projects, construction, materials, and urban change; develops research-led coverage; and connects contemporary work with wider technical, historical, and social contexts.
Tasnim Abdullah
Research & Global Architectural Content
Develops research-led and bilingual architectural content.
Bilal El Yahyaoui
Architectural Writer & Projects Correspondent
Reports on projects and design developments across regions.
Mostafa Raafat
Global Architecture News Editor
Monitors and verifies international architecture news.
Jenna Al-Saqat
Architecture Student & Content Editor
Contributes across materials, design culture, and competitions.
Qusai Fahad
Field Correspondent
Documents buildings, construction, exhibitions, and events on site.
Competitions Editorial Team
Competition Documentation
Verifies briefs, eligibility, fees, deadlines, juries, and results.
Events and Bilingual Coordination
Event coverage is maintained as a structured public calendar rather than a stream of publicity. The unit verifies organisers, dates, time zones, venues, programmes, admission information, links, image credits, and the relationship of each event to architecture, design, art, construction, cities, or material culture.
Shymaa Mohamed
Global Events Coordinator & Events Translator
Coordinates and translates verified international event records.
Events Editorial Desk
Calendar Review & Maintenance
Maintains dates, event types, series, and calendar accuracy.
Community, Visual Production, and Platform
Ahmed Zaki
Community Manager & Architectural Editor
Supports community engagement and architectural coverage.
Shan Al-Rasheed
Graphic Designer
Produces editorial graphics and prepares visual material.
Kamiar MK
IT & Technology Specialist
Supports infrastructure, integrations, and publishing systems.
Hani Alama
Server & Technical Support
Supports server performance, security, and availability.
Archive Data Agent
AI-Assisted Event Data Quality Agent
An operational ChatGPT-assisted account assigned only to detecting human errors in event records,including dates, times, spelling, duplicated fields, and internal inconsistencies. It does not hold editorial authority, form independent opinions, or publish without human accountability.
Editorial Independence and Public Conduct
ArchUp distinguishes documentation, authorship, editorial judgment, institutional communication, and commercial material. Publication does not constitute endorsement of a project, architect, company, product, competition, event, or institution. The ✦ ArchUp Editorial Insight remains an independent analytical layer and may challenge the assumptions or conclusions of any article, including work by senior contributors or the Editor-in-Chief.
- No private representation: Editors may not negotiate, promise publication, seek payment, or represent ArchUp through private arrangements or personal accounts.
- No external republication of internal material: Unpublished submissions, editorial drafts, internal instructions, data, correspondence, and visual assets must not be published or shared outside approved ArchUp channels.
- No unauthorised social disclosure: Editorial status must not be used on social platforms to obtain access, influence, personal benefit, or preferential treatment. Only designated accounts and representatives may issue statements on behalf of ArchUp.
- No bypassing the workflow: Personal relationships with contributors, offices, organisers, or institutions do not replace verification, documented submission, and editorial review.
- Conflicts must be disclosed: A contributor or editor with a direct professional, financial, academic, or personal interest must disclose it and may be removed from the relevant decision.
- Individual accountability remains: A distributed team structure does not make responsibility anonymous. Corrections, sources, rights, and publication decisions remain reviewable.
Detailed requirements concerning corrections, image rights, attribution, sponsored material, submissions, and editor conduct are set out in the Editorial Guidelines.
Independent Architectural Journalism
ArchUp welcomes considered contributions from experienced architectural journalists, critics, researchers, and specialist correspondents with a demonstrated record in established publications and professional journals. We are particularly interested in work that introduces primary observation, underreported geographies, institutional scrutiny, material intelligence, field evidence, or a defensible critical argument.
Reputation may establish context, but it does not replace editorial review. Contributions are accepted for the quality of their evidence and thought, their independence from promotion, and their capacity to raise the level of public architectural discussion. ArchUp may edit, fact-check, translate, contextualise, or accompany an accepted contribution with an independent editorial reading.
We do not commission praise, publish concealed placements, or accept authority as a substitute for argument.
Editorial Questions
ArchUp’s content is produced through a distributed bilingual structure of editors, architectural writers, researchers, correspondents, translators, competition and event specialists, visual contributors, and technical teams working under shared editorial standards.
Yes. ArchUp considers original, independent proposals from experienced architectural journalists, critics, researchers, and specialist correspondents. Acceptance depends on evidence, originality, relevance, and editorial value,not status alone.
Only designated representatives and official accounts may issue statements on behalf of ArchUp. Editors must not use their role, personal accounts, or private relationships to promise publication, negotiate arrangements, disclose internal material, or represent the publication without authorisation.
Digital and AI-assisted tools may support research, monitoring, classification, translation, and workflow tasks. Human editors remain responsible for verification, critical judgment, rights, corrections, and publication decisions.
Contact and Accountability
For editorial proposals, verified corrections, institutional communication, event submissions, or contributor enquiries, use the official ArchUp contact page. Publication requests sent privately to individual editors do not bypass the review process.