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Q. Can you please provide us with a description of your professional career? A. I studied architecture at Liverpool
John Moores University graduating with a BA Hons degree in 1988 and a postgraduate diploma in 1991. During my university years, I did a wonderful summer of work experience at the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners) and a year of professional practice for Frank Fitzgibbons in Los Angeles. After finishing my studies, I was lucky enough to be accepted for a position as a junior architect at Foster + Partners’ studio in London. I spent 12 amazing years there, working my way up through the ranks to a project director. I led the design of many buildings including the London School of Economics Library and the Robert Gordon University in Scotland. I left Foster + Partners in 2003 to follow my dream of living in Italy and established my own design studio where I restored historic properties and remodelled the interiors. From my Italian studio, I also continued to work for Foster + Partners in the capacity of interior designer on the Yacht Club de Monaco, the Vista Palace Hotel, Monaco, the MGM Lifestyle Hotel and the Mr Chow Restaurant in Las Vegas. In 2008, I again relocated, this time to Dubai to take the position of interior design director for the MENA region at Aedas Interiors. Here, I built up a team working with some of the world’s leading hotel brands, developers, individuals and institutions. In 2016 I decided to again follow my heart and established my own design company, Lulie Fisher Design Studio, which I formed with some very talented and likeminded designers and colleagues, and a year and a half later we are lucky enough to be working with Penny Royal Gibraltar on the stunning Blue Amber Resort in Zanzibar, The Abu Dhabi Tourism and Cultural Authority, Accor, Jumeirah, Emaar, Carlson Rezidor, Omniyat and Aldar.
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