Hanif Kara
Pierce Anderson Lecturer in Creative Engineering
Department of Architecture
Professor Hanif Kara is a structural engineer and co-founder and director of Adams Kara Taylor, the design-led structural and civil engineering consultancy. As design director, he has worked on award-winning projects throughout Europe. His projects have included Peckham Library and the National Trust headquarters in Swindon, which won 17 design awards, and the Phaeno Science Centre in Germany. Professor Kara is a long-standing visiting lecturer at the Architectural Association, Cornell University and has recently been appointed as Professor of Architectural Technology at Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan (KTH), Stockholm. Professor Kara is co-chair of CABE's (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) design review panel and sits on its education and skills sub-committee. He is also a member of CABE's London 2012 Olympic design review panel and recently been appointed as a CABE commissioner, the first structural engineer to appointed to the post.