Eleena Jamil

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Title

Eleena Jamil

Contributor Item Type Metadata

First Name

Eleena

Surname or Business Name

Jamil

Years Affiliated

2020

Affiliation

Eleena Jamil Architect, Malaysia

Birthplace

Malaysia

Occupation

Architect

Biographical Text

Eleena Jamil trained at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. She continued working in the UK before joining the architecture faculty at the Welsh School as a teaching assistant while completing her MPhil and Ph.D. postgraduate research. Jamil set up her eponymous studio in Kuala Lumpur in 2005 and it has since been growing steadily with an expanding portfolio of work. Working within the context of Southeast Asia, her work has been founded on research into specific social and climatic imperatives of each project brief within a broader cultural framework. Projects developed within the studio have been widely published in the international press and most recently Eleena Jamil Architects has been shortlisted for Dezeen Architect of the Year 2018.