Paolo Rossi

Design Director , Pace

Paolo Rossi, ARB, RIBA, OAR, is a Pace Architecture, Kuwait Design Director. With 20 years of experience realising visionary award-winning designs worldwide, with Pace has won the WAN gold medal as the best project and the AIA Middle East honorable mention with the Schools of the Future in Kuwait. Paolo has studied at the "La Sapienza" Architecture University of Rome. His projects have included JW Marriot in Kuwait, the RETAL Mosque in Saudi, and the Kuwait Digital Campus. His work was presented in numerous architectural exhibits, including the "Venice Architecture Biennale" in 2008 and 2023. Since 2005, his cooperation with such firms as n! studio and SOM has been published in important magazines and architectural catalogues. He has held several lectures at IOWA and Penn State University in Rome, Design Critique at the Dubai American University, Herriot Watt, and been on juries for the World Architecture Festival and the LEAF awards.