The business is owned and run by Nicolas Khalili and Rejane Salgado. Nicolas is from Strasbourg, France and Rejane from Belo Horizonte in Brazil. The pair met in Paris in 1998 and discovered a shared love of Britain’s rich architectural heritage and a belief that this was entirely compatible with their passion for beautiful, modern design.
Nicolas Khalili
Managing Director, Born in France, ARB DPLG Architect
Nicolas has worked on sustainable tower design in Malaysia with award-winning architect Ken Yeang. He has also worked on hotel design in the United States before setting-up HWO Architects. Nicolas has taught architectural design at the Architectural Association and Greenwich University from 1999 to 2000.
Rejane Salgado
Design Director, Born in Brazil, Brazilian CREA Architect
Rejane has worked on prominent high-rise residential buildings in Brazil before joining Elizabeth de Portzamparc in Paris to work on Bordeaux’s Tram and the interiors of the French Embassy in Berlin. Rejane is a Masters Graduate in Public Space Design from University of Belleville, Paris.
Alex Horsfall
Associate, BA (Hons), Dip Arch
Alex joined HWO in December 2005 following four years experience as architectural assistant, working on many new-built commercial projects in London and Dublin.
Alex handles many technical areas of the practice and is in charge of fortnightly CPD’s. Alex is a Part II graduate from Southbank University, London.
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