BUILDINGS
Neil Hawke
Selected Works 1999 - 2025
NEIL HAWKE
Chartered Engineer
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I am a structural engineer with over thirty years of international experience.
My focus is on developing clear, efficient structures that support architectural
ambition while remaining practical, durable, and buildable. I work by reducing
complexity to its essentials, finding solutions that allow design and delivery
to align.
Over my career I have contributed to towers, stadia, cultural buildings, and
large-scale urban projects across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. This
portfolio presents selected projects that illustrate this approach and the
principles that continue to guide my work.
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Simplicity
is the ultimate
sophistication
Leonardo Da Vinci
The Mukaab
Riyadh
PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
Exterior view of the Mukaab with a cut-away façade exposing the internal
pebble tower, framed by a media dome projecting mountainous landscapes.
The design highlights the interplay between monumental scale and
immersive digital environments.
The Mukaab, centerpiece of Riyadh's New Murabba, is a 400×400×400 m megastructure. Four 400 m
corner towers are connected to a vast steel dome enclosing a stacked pebble tower. 8 million m² BUA
integrates culture, leisure, retail, and media. Estimated overall development value: $50 billion.
PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
Ground-level perspective of the Mukaab from the Wadi, showing intricate
Najdi screen cladding. Podium buildings line the base, each approximately
16 storeys tall, reinforcing the monumental scale and the urban integration
of the megastructure.
Interior vision of the Mukaab, featuring the pebble tower and 300 m media
dome. Holographic projections and landscaped terraces create a futuristic
civic realm, with spirals and suspended imagery transforming the scale of
the interior environment.
Godrej HQ, India
MOD Broadcast HQ,
Vietnam
Corporate HQ by Nikken Sekkei in Pune; 22
storeys,
60,000
m²
BUA.
Glass-clad,
surrounded by landscaped plinth; value
$250 million.
22-storey,
60,000
m²
BUA
television
headquarters by Nikken Sekkei. Column-
free studios at podium, offices above;
estimated construction cost $45 million
Bay Avenue, Business
Bay, Dubai
Twin towers by Nikken Sekkei, 80/60
storeys, 200,000 m² BUA; $1.2B. Extends
Business Bay's mixed-use spine above an
active retail podium.
PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
Elevated view across Business Bay with the twin towers centred in frame;
layered podium frontage and circular forecourt activate the street edge,
while dense residential towers form a backdrop to the project's retail-led
urban extension.
Podium corner with rounded, stacked floorplates; continuous ribbon
glazing wraps retail levels. Burj Khalifa appears in distant left, situating the
project within central Dubai's Business Bay district.
High oblique aerial of the full Bay Avenue Extension: sinuous retail spine,
landscaped courts, and twin towers anchoring the composition;
surrounding high-rise neighbourhood, canal edges, and major roads show
how the development plugs into Business Bay's grid.
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Slava Development
Moscow
PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
Wide city view with the Slava 5 tower rising to the right; neighbouring blocks
step down toward historic low-rise in foreground, illustrating the project's
junction between contemporary commercial fabric and Moscow's older
urban grain.
Street-level perspective of the slender, faceted Slava 5 tower, with crisp
vertical fins; glazed base forms a civic foyer addressing the avenue, while
adjacent mid-rise buildings express a consistent curtain wall language
across the precinct.
Mixed-use development by Nikken Sekkei
near White Square; 45-storey tower and
podium, 110,000 m² BUA; overall precinct
250,000 m², $1.5B
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Fluid, pebble-like retail complex in Doha, by
HOK. Multi-level gallerias beneath skylights
and landscaped exterior courts. 240,000 m²
BUA and $270M. Concept emphasises
daylight and public realm.
Interior galleria washed with daylight from large roof apertures; multi-level
terraces and glass balustrades curve around a central palm, creating gentle
circulation routes between shops and upper-level bridges.
Aerial oblique of clustered, white, pebble-shaped volumes set within
mounded landscape beds and palm planting; pedestrian-scale figures show
intimate plaza spaces weaving between the sculpted retail pavilions and
shaded seating areas.
Marina Mall
Doha
PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
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King Abdullah
Financial District, Riyadh
Five landmark towers within KAFD by
AS+GG and Henning Larsen; 500,000 m²
BUA, $2.9B. Wider district 3 million m²,
$10B.
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PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
Construction-phase panorama showing Henning Larsens Crystal Towers;
twin 18 & 26 storey towers with a 70m atrium. Image documents delivery
scale and complex coordination across adjacent tower packages.
Upward view from plaza level capturing Henning Larsens Villas in the Sky;
a 32 storey tower. This composition conveys the district's faceted
architectural language and tight urban canyons.
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PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
Night perspective of KAFD's pedestrian walkways. The faceted soffit
canopy, carried on angular columns, creates a dynamic play of perforations
and light, animating the plaza.
Evening perspective of Henning Larsens glass volumed Gem Building;
wrapped with perforated metal screens; planted balconies and café decks
overlook the public realm, signalling mixed-use activation at lower levels.
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Oberoi Centre
Dubai
PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
View of the office tower's slim profile beside the crystalline hotel form;
vertical fins, clear glazing and a projecting crown mark the skyline above a
compact podium facing the Business Bay canal.
Twin hotel and office towers by DSA; 34
storeys, 109,700 m² BUA. Business Bay site;
estimated project value $300M.
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Hessa
Al Mubarak, Kuwait
PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS :
Street-level view down the main boulevard framed by palm trees, showing
podium façades and the five 14 storey articulated towers stepping upwards,
designed to create a dense urban frontage with active retail edges and
carefully scaled residential terraces for community life.
Mixed-use district in Kuwait City by Nikken
Sekkei. Residential, offices, retail, and
leisure within 170,000 m² BUA. $200M
developmented.
Elevated aerial perspective of the 34 storey central residential tower rising
from the layered podium, surrounded by a network of low-rise retail blocks
and streetscapes, illustrating the scale and intensity of the district's mixed-
use urban planning.
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Sarayah
Bandaha Jissah, Oman
Al Rayan Bank HQ
Qatar
Resort development integrated into rugged
coastline south of Muscat by Atkins. 398
Villas, two 5 star hotels, and leisure facilities
across 240,000 m². $600M.
Headquarters building for Al Rayan Bank
by Nikken Sekkei. 8 storeys, 37,000 m²
BUA, estimated $110M. Designed as a
contemporary institutional landmark.
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The
Wave, Oman
Mixed-use and residential community by
Atkins. 200 ha site area, $3.5B. Residences,
hotels, marina, leisure facilities. Oman's
premier lifestyle development.