Mehraz Ehsani was educated in England as an engineer and in America as an architect. He was a Lecturer in Architecture at University of California at Berkeley, and thereafter, a Senior Lecturer at University of Nairobi. After designing a number of prestigious projects such as the Headquarters for Fuji and Residences for Total he became a developer and a hotelier, designing and completing the award winning projects, the Village Market and the Tribe Hotel. The luxurious Magnolia Hills was the first of a number of unique projects, where the concept and design of the project was the basis for raising funds to bring the projects to fruition.
Consulting Architect:P.O. Box 1, The Village Market, Nairobi 00621, Kenya
Date of Birth: 1942
EDUCATION
1970: Master of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
1964: B.Sc. Honours, Civil Engineering, University of South Wales, G. Britain
EXPERIENCE & REGISTRATION
2008 -Developer & Architect – Tribe Hotel
2006 -Developer & Architect – The Village Market phases 2-4
2005 -Developer & Architect – Magnolia Hills Luxury Housing
1992 -Developer & Architect – Village Market Shopping Centre phase 1
1986 -Private Architecture practice, Nairobi, Kenya
1981 -Registered Architect, Kenya
1981 -Member, Architectural Association of Kenya
1974 -Member, Iranian Institute of Architects
1974 -Member, Iranian Institute of Civil Engineers
1972 – 1975: Private Architecture practice, Tehran, Iran
1971 – 1972: Designer, Hirshen & Partners Architects, Berkeley, California
1970 – 1972:Designer, Solomon & Wright Architects, Berkeley, California
1964 – 1966 : Tunnel & Civil Engineer, Taylor Woodrow Construction. Ltd. England.
UNIVERSITY LECTURESHIP
1975 – 1987: Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi, Kenya
1981 – 1982: Consultant & Tutor, Rural Structures, FAO, United Nations
1970 – 1972: Lecturer in Architecture, University of California at Berkeley
COMPLETED PROJECTS
TRIBE Hotel Luxury hotel Nairobi
Magnolia Hills Gated Luxury Estate 40 houses Nairobi
Village Market Recreation & Shopping Centre Nairobi
Fuji Headquarters East Africa Nairobi
Total Oil Company Provident Fund Cluster of speculative houses Nairobi
Charterhouse Bank Headquarters Nairobi
Charterhouse Bank Offices Mombasa
Charterhouse Bank 9 units in Mombasa, Kisumu & Nairobi
Victoria Bank Speculative houses Nairobi
Chestnut Groves Gated Luxury Estate 9 houses Nairobi
Aspen Court Gated Luxury Estate 7 houses Nairobi
Daewoo Motors Showrooms Nairobi
Baha’i House of Worship Restoration Kampala
Barngetuny Plaza Shopping Centre Eldoret
Residence Various in Mendocino, Tehran & Nairobi
Woodcharm Showrooms Nairobi
HONOURS AND AWARDS
The Village Market 2002 Olympics – The Physical Fitness of Cities Finalist, 1 of 8 finalists from outside America,
The Village Market International Design & Development Awards, awarded by, The International Council of Shopping Centres, Certificate of Merit – 1998
Chestnut Groves Award, Housing Category, awarded by the Kenyan Institute of Architects
EXHIBITIONS
Village Market
2002 Olympics, The Physical Fitness of Cities,chosen project for traveling exhibition
Exhibitions of works University of Houston, Texas, One of 11 offices chosen from Africa
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
Barclays Bank Trust Co. Market & Economic Analysis,Expansion, Sarit Shopping Centre
Hornbeam Investments LtdMarket Ngong Rd. Commercial Development
& Economic Analysis
Hon. Barngatuny Commercial Project, Eldoret
Greenhills Investment Ltd. Village Market, Commercial Development
PUBLICATIONS
Co-Author Rural Structures Handbook, FAO, United Nations
Co-Author Series of 4 children’s books for moral education for the Children of Africa
Author Manual for Assistants, for community development (translated into 6 languages)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Delegate to the United Nations: University of Nairobi, 1986 Regional Conference, Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya
Delegate to the United Nations : of the Baha’i World Community, 1985, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya
Delegate to the United Nations: of the Baha’i World Community, 1982,Commission on Human Settlements:5th session, Nairobi, Kenya.