RAK Ceramics sponsors Middle East Architect Awards and supports Design MENA Summit

Press release

Published December 8th, 2016 - 08:49 GMT

RAK Ceramics sponsoring event

RAK Ceramics PJSC, one of the largest ceramics’ brands in the world, is delighted to have sponsored two awards at the recent Middle East Architect Awards and was also proud to be a platinum sponsor at this year’s Design MENA Summit.

The awards ceremony for the Middle East Architecture Awards took place last week (Tuesday 29^th November) at The Conrad Hotel in Dubai. RAK Ceramics sponsored the awards for Large Middle East Architecture Firm of the Year and Leisure and Hospitality Project of the Year.

The ninth annual Middle East Architect Awards recognises the best projects and people in the architecture community across the Middle East. With projects ranging from the world’s tallest towers to one-off villas, and individual nominations from veteran designers as well as bright young architects just starting out, the Middle East Architect Awards are the benchmark of success in the Middle East’s architecture sector.

Abdallah Massaad, RAK Ceramics' Group CEO said: “As an industry expert, we believe in nurturing, supporting and celebrating talent and we are delighted to have been part of the Middle East Architect Awards. We were pleased to be able to support the fourth Design MENA Summit, giving us the opportunity to meet with some of the best creatives in the business. I am proud that we are based in a region which continues to push the boundaries in architecture design and to be given the opportunity to celebrate the best of this talent.”

The Design MENA Summit took place on Tuesday 06^th December at The Conrad Hotel in Dubai. RAK Ceramics was a platinum sponsor for the prestigious event which brought together more than 150 senior architects and commercial interior designers from the region’s most influential firms. The fourth of its kind, the 2016 Design MENA Summit provides the ideal forum for creative people across the design and architectural world to develop their businesses and inspire one another to create the innovative works which define the UAE.

Background Information

RAK Ceramics

RAK Ceramics is one of the largest ceramics’ brands in the world. Specialising in ceramic and gres porcelain wall and floor tiles and sanitaryware we produce 110 million square metres of tiles and 5 million pieces of sanitaryware per year at our 16 state-of-the-art plants across the United Arab Emirates, India, Bangladesh and Iran.
Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, we serve clients in more than 150 countries through our network of operational hubs in Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia, North and South America and Australia. Across our global operations we employ approximately 15,000 staff from more than 40 nationalities.