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College of Architecture, Art and Design

Department of Architecture

Teaching areas

Architectural design, digital media and scripting, representation, Theory and Criticism.

Research areas

Contemporary architecture and urbanism of the Gulf city as it has evolved in the 21st century, digital technology and scripting as tools for establishing new formal and performative models in architecture; studio design processes and representation; humanitarian regional projects.

Education

MArch, Aa Diploma (march), The Architectural Association, School of Architecture, United Kingdom, 1985

BArc, Bachelor Of Arts In Architecture, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 1983

Professional experience

Professor, Architecture, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - Present

Head, Department Of Architecture, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - 2023

Associate Professor, Architecture, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2007 - 2017

Assistant Professor, Architecture, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2001 - 2007

Principal, George Katodrytis Architects, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1994 - 2001

Course Director And Professor, (b.a. In Interior Design), Frederick College, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1999 - 2001

Unit Master / Professor, School Of Architecture, The Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom, 1987 - 1995

Partner, GK Architecture Design, London, United Kingdom, 1989 - 1994

Job Architect, Trevor Horne Architects, London, United Kingdom, 1988 - 1989

Job Architect, Building Design Partnership, BDP, London, United Kingdom, 1988 - 1988

Architect, Michael Hopkins and Partners, London, United Kingdom, 1986 - 1987

Architect, Bernard Tschumi Architects, Paris, France, 1985 - 1986

Memberships

Founding and committee member of the Open Source Architecture (OSA), humanitarian initiative group, Dubai, 2009-present, June 2009

Chartered member of the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), United Kingdom, June 1996

Elected member of the RIBA Gulf Chapter Committee, July 2010, July 2010 - January 2016

AAUAE (Architectural Association of the UAE), UAE, June 2005 - June 2009

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2839

Mr. George Katodrytis

Professor

MArch, The Architectural Association, School of Architecture, United Kingdom

George Katodrytis studied and taught at the Architectural Association in London and he has been a visiting professor at various schools around the world. He has built a number of projects as well as published widely on contemporary architecture, urbanism, cultural theory and digital media. The work addresses the 'city,' especially as it is evolving in the 21st century. He has adopted digital technology and scripting as tools for establishing new formal and performative models in architecture.

Publications

Kevin Mitchell And George Katodrytis. “Introduction”. Architectural Design 85 (2015). pp. 8–19.

Kevin Mitchell And George Katodrytis. “The Struggle for Integrity: Emerging Local Practices in the Gulf”. Architectural Design 85 (2015). pp. 128–135.

Kevin Mitchell And George Katodrytis. Architectural Design (AD) 85: UAE and the Gulf: Architecture and Urbanism Now (2015)

Conference Presentations

Materiality and Computation in the Age of Environmental Anxiety, Dubai Institure Of Design And Innovation, 7 April 2022

From the pandemic agoraphobic center to the idio(ts)syncrasy of the periphery: a new form of oriental imaginary, Liminal Urbanities Of The Gulf, 1 March 2021