Driven by design excellence, Shaun Killa is an award-winning architect with international experience spanning over 28 years. Throughout his career, Shaun focuses his design philioshophy on low carbon sustainable buildings and challenges architectural norms to create expressive and timeless forms, which has led him to design numerous highly recognisable projects including Almas Tower, Dubai Opera House, and Bahrain World Trade Centre – The world’s first large-scale integration of wind turbines on a building.
In his early career he has won multiple global awards including ENR News Maker Award, New York, the Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction for the Lighthouse Tower, and CTBUH Best Tall Building in the Middle East Award for Bahrain World Trade Centre. W Killa Design was established in Dubai in 2015, and Shaun has worked on signature projects, including the award-winning designs for the Museum of the Future, the Address Beach Resort, W hotel Namaste, Vida Dubai Marina & Yacht Club, Marsa Al Arab, Sheybarah Island, Aykon Twin Towers, and the Office of the Future, the first occupied printed building in the world.
In 2017, 2021 & 2022, Shaun Killa was ranked number 1 as ‘Most Powerful Middle East Architect’ inclusive of winning ‘Best Large Firm, 2022’ and ‘Best Young Firm, 2023’ in the Architizer’ s A+Awards.