Sarah Alfraih

Education

M.Arch Architecture
September 2010 - June 2011
Bartlett School of Architecture
University College London

Graduate Diploma in Architecture | RIBA/ARB Part II
September 2009 - June 2011
Bartlett School of Architecture
University College London

BSc. (Hons) in Architecture | RIBA/ARB Part I
September 2004 - June 2007
Bartlett School of Architecture
University College London

Secondary Education
A Level | Math - Physics - Art |
September 2003 - June 2004
A/S Level | History - English Literature - Art |
10 IGCSE’s
September 2002 - June 2003
New English School Kuwait

WORK

Madeenah Kuwait
Creative Director
www.madeenahkw.co
May 2014 - Present

College of Architecture, Kuwait University 
Architectural Teaching Assistant
September 2012 - 2017
Design Studio (Basics to Graduation)
History of Architecture I & II
Theory of Architecture I & II 
Architectural Criticism

AGi Architects, Kuwait
Architect | Part II Exempt
January 2012 - 2013

KEO International, Kuwait
Architect | Part I Exempt
January 2009 - July 2009

Ashton Porter Architects
Architect | Part I Exempt
September 2007 - 2008

Architectural  Internships
HOK International, London
July 2006 - September 2006
Saleh Al Ghallaf Consultants, Kuwait
December 2005 - February 2006
Mimar Architects & Engineers, Kuwait
December 2005 - February 2006
SSH International Architects, Kuwait
July 2004

conferences & Events

Madeenah, Kuwait 
Cultural Season of City Walking Tours
November 2014 - May 2017

On a Journey: Architecture in the Arab World 
Exhibition & Conference
Organised by the College of Architecture at Kuwait University in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain
Exhibition Organiser, Speaker & Mediator
December 2014

Spaces of Living: Kuwaiti Housing 
Project in collaboration with AGi Architects & Sharifa AlShalfan
Research Design Studio at Kuwait University, data collection and report submission.
Senior Researcher and writer
May 2016 - February 2018

Nuqat Design Conference
Moderators of Closed Roundtable Session: ‘A Case for the City Campus’
Madeenah Custom Designed Walking Tour: ‘In Place of Democracy’
November 2016

Saudi National Creative Initiative (SNCI)
Tourism Design & Development Week (Jeddah)
Madeenah Presentation: 'Internal Tourism & Urban Development'
Madeenah Custom Tour & Workshop: 'Majra AlSayl' Jeddah
May 2016

YourAoK Benchmark Design Entrepreneurship Forum
Madeenah Custom Designed Walking Tour: 'Space for Design Entrepreneurship'
February 2016

Nuqat Design Conference
Exterior Spatial Design: Pop-up shop, outdoor furniture and external social space.
Madeenah Custom Designed Walking Tour: ‘City on Display’
November 2015

2nd Gulf Studies Symposium | American University of Kuwait
Madeenah Research Paper: Local Knowledge: An Empirical Approach to Practice.
March 2015

AA Visiting School Jeddah
Lecture 'Dichotomies of Makkah: A Sense of Scale'
Madeenah Custom Designed Tour of Makkah 
February 2015

Nuqat Design Conference
Launch of Madeenah Cultural Season
Madeenah Booth Design and Execution
Presentation: Introduction to Madeenah
November 2014

This to That Conference
Kuwait University Student Organised Conference
Lecture: ‘Liminal City’
February 2014