Associate Director, Eckersley O'Callaghan
Kais Al-Rawi, AIA MSFE, works at the intersection of architecture, engineering and technology with expertise in solving complex building challenges through digital design. He is an Associate Director at the Los Angeles office of award-winning Structures and Facades practice Eckersley O’Callaghan. Kais was selected in Airport Business Top 40 under 40 (2022). His experience was been leveraged on world-class projects including SoFi Stadium, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, San Diego Airport T1 redevelopment, West Gates at LAX, Daily’s Place, New Orleans Airport, Orange County Museum of Art among others. He is an expert in computational design and its implementation in the AEC industry from concept to construction.
Kais holds a Master’s Degree from the Architectural Association (AA), London in Emergent Technologies and Design and is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University. His work has been published and presented internationally at conferences such as Advanced Building Skins, Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI), Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) and the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS). Kais is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture and has taught and directed the Architectural Association Visiting School programs in Los Angeles and Jordan with a focus on space architecture. He also served as a juror to NASA’s centennial challenge competition for Martian habitats.