Architect · Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Available for selected work, 2026
Styline by Sarhang Dana
Design · Supervision · Project management
(01) Approach
Duhok, Iraq
An architect is not finished when the drawing is.
I work from the first sketch through the approvals, the procurement and the pour, because the distance between a good drawing and a good building is where most projects are won or lost.
Years in practice, site and office
Projects designed or supervised
Storeys carried from pour to handover
Languages on site and in meetings
What I do
(02) And keep adding to
Architecture is where I started, not where I stop. Every project has asked for something new, from the plumbing to the software a company runs on, and I have taken each one on. I keep looking for the next thing I do not yet know how to do, and I am not afraid to step outside my comfort zone to learn it.
Design
From the first sketch to the film that presents it.
4 disciplines- 1.1
Architectural design
Concept to construction documents, resolved in section in Revit and AutoCAD.
- 1.2
Heritage and reuse
The subject of my master’s: reading what is standing before touching it.
- 1.3
Visualisation
3D renders in Lumion, used to win approvals and to test a decision.
- 1.4
Animation
Project films, cut and finished in Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.
Building systems
The services, designed with the building, not added after it.
3 disciplines- 2.1
Plumbing systems
Water supply and drainage, designed with the building.
- 2.2
Electrical
Power and lighting systems, designed with the building.
- 2.3
HVAC
Heating, cooling and ventilation, the ducts routed through the section.
Site and management
On site and in the office: the people, the time and the tools.
4 disciplines- 3.1
Site supervision
On site from the first pour to handover, checking the work against the drawings.
- 3.2
Project management
Programmes, approvals, teams and the final report, on the owner’s side or the builder’s.
- 3.3
Progress schedules
Gantt charts that keep a site, and everyone on it, on time.
- 3.4
ERP systems
Running full custom ERP systems, and designing them from the ground up.
Cost and procurement
What it costs, what it takes, and buying it.
4 disciplines- 4.1
Cost estimation
Budgets and estimates that hold from the first sketch to the last invoice.
- 4.2
Material take-offs
Quantities measured off the drawings, into bills of quantities.
- 4.3
Procurement
Suppliers and tenders, and buying abroad when the specification asks for it.
- 4.4
Finance
Managing and supervising the total budget of a project.
The next thing
Whatever the next project asks for: that is the one I am learning now.
Where I have been
(03) 2017–present
Senior Architect Engineer
Corridor · Northlight Holding Tower, Duhok
- Administrative management of the completed tower
- In charge of maintaining the building
General Supervisor
Lavand Company · Khanke Intake & Faida Floating Bridge
- Managing and supervising the total project budget
- International relations and product procurement
- Architectural design, 3D visualisation and project animation
General Project Manager
Northlight Holding · Northlight Tower, Duhok
- Owner's representative on an eight-storey office building
- Supervised construction; coordinated contractor and consultant teams
- Managed all government approvals and project procedures
Senior Architect Engineer
Lavand Company · Batufa Water Treatment Plant
- Architectural design, 3D visualisation and project animation
- In parallel: private design and supervision across Duhok and Khanke
Tutor: Autodesk Revit
Independent, Duhok
- Taught Revit in three languages