Hanif Kara OBE, Structural Engineer & Co-Founder of AKTII, London

WATCH THE RECORDING OF THIS TALK HERE:

The Association of Jersey Architects are excited to announce Hanif Kara, Structural Engineer & Co-Founded of AKTII, London came over to Jersey to give us this talk!

This talk entitled “Curiosity, Elegance and Risk” took place in the Assembly Room at St Helier Town Hall with Q&A after.

Drinks will be available from 5:30 for an 6pm start.

This event was kindly sponsored by Pentagon and supported by Creative Island Partnership.

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A huge thanks to Hanif Kara OBE, of AKT-II, for last night’s talk “Curiosity, Elegance and Risk”. Everything from carbon-zero concrete, to creating last year’s Serpentine Gallery in only 8 weeks from first sketches to completion! Entertaining and really thought-provoking.Thanks to our event sponsor Pentagon Jersey and support from Creative Island Partnership.

Biography

Hanif Mohamed Kara OBE is a structural engineer and is design director and co-founder of London- based structural engineering practice AKT II (previously Adams Kara Taylor). He has taught design internationally, is a member of the board of trustees for the Architecture Foundation and was a commissioner for CABE from 2008 to 2011 (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment). He is currently Professor in Practice of Architectural Technology at Harvard Graduate School of Design. He also taught as professor of Architectural Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm from 2009 until 2012.