About Ahmed Taha : Founder and Principal of Collaborative Architects + Partners. He combines more than 18 years of experience in the middle east with deep strategic insight and a strong commitment to the architecture of winning new assignments. Taha received his Master of Architecture degree from Cairo university and was honored with the Society of Egyptian Architects award in 2005. in 2017, he has been awarded the A design award & competition from Italy and his design was selected for the shortlisted future residential projects in world architecture festival in Berlin, and awarded the international property award for best mixed use building in the middle - east & arabia from london. In 2018, he has been awarded the German Design award for the best mixed use design of capital tower project from Frankfurt, the award organized by German design council. Taha constantly strives to give value back to cities and their residents. Taking a context-driven approach to the design process, he tackles every project based on the conviction that architecture must speak directly to users and give back to the society in which it exists.