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Takbir Fatima
Takbir Fatima is the Director of DesignAware. She has lived, worked, studied and taught in Al-Khobar, Dubai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, and London. Takbir has a BArch from CSIIT School of Architecture & Planning, Secunderabad, and an MArch (Architecture + Urbanism) from the Design Research Lab at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. She is a licensed architect registered with the Council of Architecture, New Delhi.
Takbir is passionate about design research, digital prototyping and computation. She aims to work on the application of new technologies in socially relevant projects. Takbir is an Adjunct Faculty at CEPT university and boston architectural college.
Takbir has been included in the book 100 women: Architects in Practice published by RIBA in 2024. She was named Emerging Architect of the Year 2016 by NDTV Design & Architecture Awards and Telangana Young Architect 2016 by the Indian Institute of Architects.
Abeer Fatima
Abeer Fatima is the Lead Interior Designer at DesignAware and director of designaware dxb. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design from the Raffles College of Design & Commerce. She has lived, worked and studied in Al-Khobar, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. Abeer’s main areas of interest are accessible design and wearables.
Abeer has been included in IGen50 under 40 2024, a list of exceptional emerging designers and architects by Architect and Interiors India.
Abeer is also CEO and founder of the statement art and lifestyle accessories brand, eclipsE, and has taught at Hamstech College of Creative Education and Boston architectural college.
Practice Ideology
DesignAware has a diverse and evolving team of architects and interns who hail from varying backgrounds, such as accessory design, graphic design, interior design and architecture, and who have come from different locations, including Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, New Delhi, Moradabad, Patiala, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Warangal and Kochi.
