Tom Wright (British architect)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tom Wright is a British architect. His most famous design is the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Born in Croydon, a town in Greater London, United Kingdom on 18 September 1957, Wright studied at the Royal Russell School and then later at the Kingston University School of Architecture. Qualified in 1983, Wright currently works with Atkins.

The Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs) was conceived in 1993 and finished in 1999. The brief was to create an icon for Dubai: a building that would become synonymous with the area, as the Sydney Opera House is with Sydney and the Eiffel Tower is with Paris. The hotel is built in the shape of a modern yacht sail to reflect Dubai′s seafaring heritage combined with a modern aspect moving forwards into the future.

Since 1999 Tom Wright[1] has continued to work for Atkins as Head of Architecture from the Atkins H.Q. in Epsom, London. Here he has assisted design projects for some of the most prestigious international clients. The current portfolio includes work throughout Australasia, the Far East, the Middle East, Europe and the USA. Example projects include the Al-Rajhi Tower in Riyadh, the Lakeside Hotel, Tunisia and the Bahrain World Trade Centre.

[edit] References

United KingdomThis article, about an architect of the United Kingdom or its predecessor states, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.