A chronological account of Omrania UK from April 1980 to the May 28th 2010 30th Reunion celebration at the Windsor Castle Pub.

1. 30 Omrania UK 30 th Reunion 27 April 1980 – 28 May 2010 Windsor Castle Pub

2. 30 Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall 20 Campden Hill Road

3. 30 How many times did we walk through these doors?

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6. 30 KSA PROJECTS “ I think the reunion is a great idea. I had some of the best working years of my career at Omrania.” Jon McCarthy

7. 30 Concept Sketch May 1980 Yanbu Area R4

8. 30 Final Scheme

9. 30 Perry Neubauer sketching at Yanbu al Nakl

10. 30 DHL delivery of final documents

11. 30 Pedestrian Way through Townhouse Clusters

12. 30 DQDC Diplomatic Club Diplomatic Quarter

13. The Wadi Hanafi Site 30 visit August 1981 The Wadi Hanafi Site visit August 1981

14. 30 … . all along the watchtower

15. 30 Relaxing with drinks at the Hyatt Jeddah after embassy programming interviews in August 1981.

16. 30 Atelier Frei Otto

17. 30 Design Development Presentation at RDA

18. 30 Last minute second thoughts

19. 30 Pre - bid Conference

20. 30 Maltese masons No blasting

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22. 30 Eddie Pugh’s team

23. 30 DQDC Site Office

24. 30 View from International School

25. 30 View from Wadi Hanafi

26. 30 Dining Rose

27. 30 Heart Tent

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29. 30 Charles and Diana visit the Club

30. 30 Hugh Eccles Security Consultant DQDC RAF Club London 2005

31. 30 Frei Otto receives RIBA Gold Medal February 2005

32. 30 Gulf Cooperation Council Headquarters

33. 30 Residence Hotel pickup Kili ç , Mitch, Lorenzo, Basem

34. 30 Atrium View Nobar Kili ç Ibrahim Basem Nick

35. 30 Secretariat

36. 30 Conference Center

37. 30 National Guard Township Behzad Shahrouz working on model

38. 30 GOSI II reflecting GOSI I

39. 30 SCANST

40. 30 Thumama Park

41. 30 Riyadh office

42. 30 Riyadh office fire

43. 30 Mazen Silwany at the DQ office

44. 30 In their element - Andy Jones and Nobar Zadoyan

45. 30 UPDATE “ I look back on my time with Omrania and previously ADC with tremendous affection, they were good days.” Roger Coleman

46. 30 12 editions – an incredible history and great reading

47. 30 COMPETITIONS “ Hello from down under. Great to hear the spirit is there and this surprise contact has brought back some very happy memories.” Rob Conti P.S. I still have the bike that I used to ride to work on.

48. 30 Paris Opera 1983

49. 30 Kent State May 4 Memorial

50. 30 PEOPLE “ Best to all Omrania friends who might remember me.” Perry Neubauer

51. 30 Basem doing what he likes best

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55. 30 Philippa’s going away party

56. 30 DQDC team lunch on a working weekend preparing for a presentation to the Riyadh Development Authority.

57. 30 Elephant & Castle Friday

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66. 30 FUN “ Hard at work at Omrania never allowed out for any fun at all not even to do ballet exercises.” Phillipa Clare

67. 30 Jimmies forever - Look at the prices

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73. 30 Softball and Cricket

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76. 30 Always fun - a fire drill

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78. 30 Queen’s Head Pub July 1989 celebrating Ward’s departure for San Diego

79. 30 Long time friends from BWS: Alan Gayler David Baker John Green

80. 30 Mike explains how to do the funky chicken

81. 30 L to R: Kamal, Nobar, Ibrahim, Mike

82. 30 L to R: Peter, Geoff, Roger, Bill, Nobar, Ken, Geoff, Lorenzo

83. 30 Malcolm Moncrieff, Conseco

84. 30 L to R: Elizabeth, Stefan, Kilic, Joan, Chris

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89. 30 UK PROJECTS “ Didn’t we have good times?” Mike Wilkinson

90. 30 Docklands Hotel for Nisses at City Harbour Isle of Dogs

91. 30 A successful idea and planning application but someone else benefited and landed the project which reopened the swimming baths for the Chiswick community.

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93. 30 Alvik office development in Stockholm assisting CAN Arkitector with their client Nisses

94. 30 Site visit July 1987

95. 30 16 th century Huntercomb Manor

96. 30 Field investigation for Oswestry Hospital

97. 30 4 Millbank – Old Crown Agents Headquarters 1912

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101. 30 February 1988 team meeting in Stockholm

102. 30 Jack O’Connell on tour

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104. 30 Drawing by Robert Potter

105. 30 Drawing by Robert Potter

106. 30 Traditional and modern model offices

107. 30 Construction

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109. 30 Nisses Site Office this way

110. 30 Site Office L to R: Robin Butterell, unknown, Sandy Porter, Jack Osborne

111. 30 Sales

112. 30 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher makes a visit.

113. 30 Lunch in the atrium

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115. 30 RECOGNITION “ I think most people including myself felt that Omrania was the best working environment we were in and most are sorry we had to move on.” Robert Johnson

116. 30 1984

117. 30 Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Barry Gasson, Sandy Wilson - some pretty distinguished company.

118. 30 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Varnishing Day Friday 11 May 1984 Photo by Crispin Boyle

119. 30 … . Omrania – all showed work of considerable flair and had designed effective stands. 1985

120. 30 1987

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122. 30 “ The garden designs by Marina Adams and Omrania suggest that there is a yearning for a more orderly kind of garden design and something of a return to formal geometry.” (Nick Sweet drawing)

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125. 30 20 th REUNION “ What a beautiful surprise; warm glimpses of precious past and happy memories.” Basem Shihabi

126. 30 Elephant & Castle September 2000

127. 30 Great fun …..

128. 30 But the most incriminating is ……

129. 30 But the most incriminating is ……

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133. 30 How about the 30th in 2010?

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135. 30 A great evening and reunion

136. 30 30 th REUNION “ What a brilliant idea for the 30 th Reunion.” Guy Dare “It is a really lovely idea to have a major get together.” Dave Tallin

137. 30 “ I can’t be with you for your reunion but I have asked my good friends Judy and Ward Thompson to personally wish each of you a very happy reunion. You did great work and should be very proud.” Barack Obama

138. 30 28 th May 2010

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140. 30 6PM and awaiting the onslaught

141. 30 Together again Guy and Philippa

142. 30 Philip Lidgate (York Mansions) and Judy Thompson CG Pettersson (4 Millbank) and Alan Gayler (BWS) Friends of Omrania UK

143. 30 Judy Thompson Marianne Fanous Reema Shihabi Sally Zadoyan

144. 30 Philippa and Ken

145. 30 Robert Potter and Chris Burrows

146. 30 Ward and Basem Nabil and Judy

147. 30 Basem Nobar CG Alan Nabil Ward Basem Jackie

148. 30 John Basem CG Judy Alan Philip

149. 30 Who else? Jon McCarthy at the bar of course

150. 30 Everyone, including Jon, is astonished - Jon buys a round

151. 30 Paul Hugh Andy Jon Keith Dave

152. 30 Dave Hugh Keith Mark Broad and Paul Fox

153. 30 Jon, I have been meaning to ask you about something.

154. 30 Hugh wins the finals of the Windsor Castle Friday hold your breath contest against stiff competition.

155. 30 Andy McCarthy shows his true colours

156. 30 Sanjib Showti Mike Carol Reema Shaden

157. 30 David Roger Kenneth Carol Ward Guy Judy

158. 30 Roger makes his case for back pay while Basem listens patiently. Basem has had enough of David’s structural mumbo jumbo and reaches for his revolver.

159. 30 Despite Lorenzo’s best stories, Ken struggles to stay awake. Shaden and Robert discuss Robert’s uncontrollable winking syndrome.

160. Mike explains the value of drinking water at a pub. 30 Mike explains the value of drinking water at a reunion. Judy suggests Mike tries Harvey’s Special.

161. 30 Jon and Judy both thinking “what does Ward want now?”

162. 30 Philippa and a few of her boyfriends

163. 30 OK boys, here’s the plan.

164. 30 You must be joking Kenneth. The transfer didn’t come through?

165. 30 Kenneth in custody awaiting the paddy wagon.

166. 30 Basem Hugh Gallagher Dave Fisher Philippa

167. 30 Wendy Alan Ward John

168. 30 Sally and Nobar Zadoyan

169. 30 Jacqui Osborne

170. 30 Philip Lidgate

171. 30 Judy Thompson

172. 30 Nabil Fanous

173. 30 The end of a terrific evening – next one in how many years?

174. 30 “ Once we got over the shock of where all the young people had gone to then I think we had some fun.” Robert Johnson and Shaden Jiryes “ It was a lovely evening and so enjoyable to catch up with some I haven’t seen for may years.” Robert Potter “ It was a very special occasion … ten years for the next get together seems too long to wait, also I shall be 76!!” Alan Gayler “ It was such an effortless and easy transition back in time without feeling it was back in time at all.” Jacqui Osborne

175. 30 “ As for the boss (Basem) what a wonderful chap, hasn’t changed a bit and obviously enjoyed himself immensely and managed to talk to just about everyone with genuine interest and sincerity.” Roger Coleman

176. 30 A Day of Joy Let this be a day of joy, When we all can dance and play, When we all can shout and sing And rejoice in everything. Then you’ll see the sun will shine And the lovely spring be mine, Enchanting birds will sing for me, Lovely flowers and rustling tree. Suddenly we all are young, Happy lives are re - begun. Nothing will be sad or grey. Every sorrow fled away. For this blessing we will be Always happy, always free, Always loving, always gay. Heavy work is turned to play. Edward C.R. Fawcett OBE

177. 30 IN MEMORIAM

178. 30 Joan Carden Vaughn Lawton Ted Happold

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