After completing his graduate studies in architecture (Paris Villemin, Paris), earning a Masters’ degree in urban planning with honors at Columbia University-New York, living and working in France, Spain, China and the United States, and working for seven years as a Senior Partner in an internationally acclaimed design firm, Nabil Gholam decided set up his own practice in Beirut in 1994. In line with the firm’s growing visibility on the international scene, a European office in Barcelona was established in 2006, to be followed shortly by a presence in Istanbul.