Hani Attia

Hani Attia has graduated from the Architecture Dept, Urban Design and Planning Section of Ain Shams University in 1995. He worked for six years as an architect, landscape designer and urban planner in several Cairo offices before leaving to study Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon in 2001.He graduated with a second Bachelor in 2004 and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture in 2006.

His master’s thesis title was “Expressing Local & Regional Identity in Urban Parks “.Hani worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Oregon. After his graduation, Hani was frequently requested by the Landscape Architecture Dept professors to review/comment on current students projects. He also worked for several landscape design offices in the state of Oregon, USA, since 2006 and until the end of 2008, just before he flies back to Cairo.Upon his return to Egypt, he worked for one year for a landscape contractor as Head of Design Dept. He currently works for a real estate developer, Emaar, as Landscape Design Director.

Hani has more than 23 years of combined local and international experience in the landscape design and ecological practices. He participated in projects in Egypt, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Angola and the USA.

Projects he worked on ranged from the landscape design of residential units to gated communities, resorts, schools, athletic complexes, public parks, airports, streetscapes and freeways.Hani has received several landscape design scholarships and awards such as:

• Jane Kerr Plate Scholarship, 2002 for excellence in plants knowledge and planting design
• Lindholm Community Design Award, 2004 for excellent community service
• Donald M. Knott, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, 2004 for depth of understanding for plants role in site planning and design

As community service, Hani continues to give regular volunteer plant identification tours and lectures since 2014.