Talal El Khoury

Talal Elias EL KHOURY (Arabic: Ø·Ù„Ø§Ù„ Ø§Ù„ÙŠØ§Ø³ Ø§Ù„Ø®ÙˆØ±ÙŠ) (born January 5, 1973) is a Lebanese architect, planner and urban designer.

Personal life
Talal was born in Kfarniss in Shouf - Mount Lebanon in 1973 to a prominentMaronite Christian family, near the majestic Lebanon Cedar forest in the mountains of Barouk in Mount Lebanon. His father was a trainer-controller in the Lebanese Government - Ministry of Public Work and his mother a housewife.

In October 2006, he married Martine-Sophie Chemaly, a talented interior designer and artist whom he met at the university. During that period Martine was at her early promising fine-arts education experience and Talal was living the final challenging project of his architecture studies. Together they were used to share creative ideas and develop futurist concepts.

Education
He attended "Ecole de la Sagesse" elementary and secondary school in Jdeidet el-Metn, which was a catholic private school. He studies architecutre for three years at the A.L.B.A. (Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts) and then continued his studies at the Lebanese University - Fine-Arts Institute because of his father's accident. He graduated and held the title of architect in 1999.

In 2003, he joined the I.U.A. (Institut d’Urbanisme de l’A.L.B.A.) for a new educational challenge, his early fine-arts years dream which he used to describe it as "mastering the city-scale built environment through the respect of the human dimension of development".

During his master urban studies, El Khoury participated in the international competition for the selection of the participants of the International Workshop of Cergy-Pontoise France. His brilliant approach to the defined theme was highly appreciated by the experts’ jury of the workshop and a recommendation word was attached to the selection letter. At the end of the his participation to the global event and due to his final presentation concept which he personally defines as "THE WEB - the parallel mixture between the common utilities of the city elements and the separation of the land use layers", El Khoury was awarded 2 certificates: the first is a university certificate of the international workshop issued by the University of Cergy-Pontoise, Ile de France and accredited by the French Republic, and the second is a master in urban work witha special grade and the felicitation of the jury.

Professional Experience
In April 2000 El Khoury became member of the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut.

In February 2001 El Khoury became permanent consultant of the Mount Lebanon deputy of the Lebanese parliament to provide advice in his area of expertise. At the same year, he launched his own Kaslik-based design office.

In April 2006, El Khoury reached his milestone. He landed a two-year contract as specialist in detail planning with the major urban development and city management key-player, Dubai Government.

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