World-renowned landscape architech of Disneyland & Shanghai Expo site to visit Dubai
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, October 31 - 2006 at 15:41
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World-renowned landscape architect, Grant Donald will be visiting Dubai later this month (November 30th to December 3rd) to unveil new trends in the world of design and architecture at the forthcoming Dubai Ideal Home Show.
He has lectured and mentored on Landscape Architecture and Landscape Design in a host of international cities including London, Beijing, Edinburgh, Prague, Mumbai, Sydney, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Ankara. He is currently the chairman of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) committee for the development of Landscape Architecture in the African continent, as well as being the 1st western professional to become a member of a Chinese society of Landscape Architecture.
In an effort to educate the public and professionals worldwide on Landscape Architecture and Design, his work has been published in numerous journals, magazines and books in 3 different countries and several different languages. He has appeared on television in Australia and China and is currently heard weekly on radio in Dubai, sharing his knowledge and experience locally.
On several occasions Grant has assisted in judging and critiquing some of China's major development proposals, while also developing design briefs for culturally sensitive projects such as the Quranic Botanic Garden for UNESCO in Doha, Qatar.
As a Landscape Architect Grant has been associated with many of the world's most prestigious and well known projects such as Disneyland, Hong Kong and 2010 world expo site in Shanghai, PRC. He has collaborated with some of the world's greatest Architects and Engineers such as Richard Rogers & Ove Arup, and conversely has been involved with community-based projects such as developing landscape designs for aboriginal communities and schools in remote Australia.
With a passion for multi-cultural design, Grant continues to work with and educate, students, design professionals, developers and government agencies to intelligently design landscapes in an effort to enhance the built and natural environment.
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Show Profile:
The Ideal Home Show launched in 2005 to a fantastic reception from visitors and exhibitors. Presenting great products and entertaining celebrity presentations, it caught the imagination of the Dubai public and its media. The 2006 show is building upon this successful launch to firmly establish the Ideal Home as an annual consumer event of choice for Dubai's residents and visitors. Ideal Home provides a 'one stop shop' to see the very best that of local companies (retailers) have to offer.
Company profile:
The Messe Frankfurt Dubai team has over 20 year's experience of organising international trade fairs throughout the world. The successful portfolio of events they organise in Dubai include Intersec,Materials Handling & Logistics, Hardware & Tools, Garden + Landscaping, ISH - Kitchen + Bath,, Light Middle East, Beautyworld Middle East, Wellness & Spas Middle East, Interior Lifestyle Middle East, Hometech Middle East, Automechanika, Dubai Ideal Home Show and the Middle East Toy Fair. Messe Frankfurt is a subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt, the world's second largest trade fair organiser conducting over 100 events worldwide with 15 subsidiaries across Europe, Asia, America, Africa and the Middle East.
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