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Hamed Bukhamseen

Hamed Bukhamseen is an architect and educator based in Kuwait City. He is the co-founder of Civil Architecture, a practice operating out of Bahrain and Kuwait. Previously, he has worked for local and international firms in the US, Germany, and Japan. Aimed primarily at the intersection of art and architecture across the urban realm, his work has been published in numerous media outlets and has been exhibited in Cambridge, Rome, Venice, and Dublin. In 2016, alongside Ali Karimi, he was a co-curator of Kuwait‘s pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – Venice Biennale with the project titled Between East & West: A Gulf. He is currently a faculty member at the Kuwait University, College of Architecture, where he teaches design studios and seminars. Bukhamseen is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the Harvard University, Graduate School of Design earning degrees in architecture, fine arts, and urban design.