Chalabi Architects

is a Vienna, Austria based international Architectural Firm which was established in 1992 by the brothers Talik and Jaafar Chalabi.

The firm’s legal framework was changed in 2006 to a Limited Liability Company (LLC).
The firm established in 2010 a branch office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Chalabi Architekten und Partner explore for each task, a unique design that reflects the site specifics and the client’s brief.

The cultural diversity of the firm’s founders and multinational team, explore a spectrum of alternative solutions before presenting them to the Client.

Offering the Client good value for money is a fundamental credo of the firm. 

The firm received Merit Awards in Design Excellence such as the Austrian State Prize for Experimental Architecture, Prix Benoit and King Fahad Award for Design and Research in Islamic Architecture.

Chalabi Architects is an ISO 9001 certified office. 
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Talik Chalabi

(born 1957) Arch.Dipl.Ing. MDesS

Managing Director and Principal Designer.

Earned two Master degrees from Vienna Technical University and Harvard University.
Before co-establishing CAP, he acquired a two year site support Architect and a one year designer experience in Kuwait and a three year designer experience in Vienna.

Beside his architectural career he holds academic teaching activities:
1992 till1996 Adjunct Professor for Urban Design Vienna Technical University
1996 till 2006 Lecturer for Urban design and Building Construction Vienna Technical University
2000 till 2010 Lecturer for Landscape Design Vienna University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences.

talik@chalabi.at

Jaafar Chalabi

(born 1962) Dipl.Ing.Dr.Techn

Managing Director and Principal Designer.

Earned a Master degree and Doctorate from Vienna Technical and Ann Arbor,  University of Michigan.

Beside his architectural career he holds academic teaching activities:
1996 till 2003 Adjunct Professor for Housing Vienna Technical University
2004 till 2006 Lecturer for Urban design and Building Construction Vienna Technical University
Since 2004 guest professor Ecole Nationale Superior d’Architecture de Versailles/Paris.

Since1999 he has been appointed as the recurring Stage and Multimedia Designer for the Spanish National Dance Company.

Jaafar@chalabi.at