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Short Profile of the Person: Laith Wark is a landscape architect and Associate of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects with over ten (10) years experience in Australia, Middle East, and India.
He co-founded Verdaus Landscape Architects in Dubai, 2004. Today Verdaus is one of the largest specialised landscape consultancies in the Middle East.
Laith has a broad project experience in the Middle East with involvement in more than seventy projects (70) over a five (5) year period of intense development activity.
He has involvement on a range of project types including: low density residential communities, medium density mixed-use communities, high density tower projects, hotel resorts, educational institutions, and private residential estates.
Laith’s involvement with WSUD began in 1999 with implementing sustainable storm water strategies for Kawana Waters; a 160 ha mixed use development in South East Queensland, Australia. This project, by local landscape consultancy, Gamble McKinnon Green, integrated the design of open space facilities with storm water drainage strategies.
He advocates that WSUD remains relevant for arid climates such as the Gulf Region and has introduced WSUD strategies for projects in the UAE now under construction. He promotes early coordination between the design of open space and infrastructure to exploit the benefits of WSUD.
Short Profile of the Company:Verdaus Landscape Architects founded in Dubai in 2004 as a specialised landscape consultancy practice. Today Verdaus is one of the largest specialised landscape consultancies in the GCC region. Verdaus has provided services for over 70 projects in the Gulf region and India.
Our portfolio of projects includes residential townships, mixed-use precincts, luxury hotels, towers, educational institutions, and private residences. Projects are located in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, India, Bahrain and Kuwait.
Verdaus offer the full range of landscape consultancy services from concept design through to construction.
Verdaus bring a proactive, collaborative approach the design process. Verdaus specialise in engaging with other disciplines early in the design process. We advocate that the best urban design is possible by integrating landscape and infrastructure design.