Dar Arafa Architecture (DAA) is a design-and-build architecture studio established in Cairo, Egypt, in 2006 by Egyptian architect Waleed Arafa, who proudly leads a team of young Egyptian architects. He was joined later by Nisreen Moustafa, principal for interior design and Daniel Kaldas, principal for architectural design.
Dar Arafa Architecture’s first project; Dar Arafa Residence, earned a nomination for the Aga Khan Award 2010 & the Hassan Fathy Award, 2009. The Basuna Mosque project, completed in 2019, has been internationally celebrated as a finalist and winner of many international awards, such as Archmarathon Stone Award, Italy, 2019, Construction21 Green Solutions Award, France, 2019, Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture 2020 and World Architecture Festival 2021. DAA’s principal Waleed Arafa has also been selected as a finalist for the Middle Eastern Architecture Personality of the year by the Mohammed Makkyiah Tamayouz Award 2019, the Architectural Digest Middle East 50 Power List 2020, as well as being one of the honorees of the Arab & African Youth Forum, 2019, handed to Waleed by H.E Abdel Fatah al-Sisi President of Egypt.
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