As a firm Principal, Sherief Elfar espouses Torti Gallas’ design philosophy of designing residential, mixed-use, and institutional buildings to be in context with their environment, to be functionally and aesthetically innovative, economically sensible, and a delight to the user.
Sherief has specialized experience in large-scale urban infill projects, transit oriented development, and inner city revitalizations. His expertise also includes entitlement, programming and planning, stakeholder involvement, the preparation of design and construction documents, and construction phase services.
After receiving his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cairo University, Sherief went on to receive a Master of Architecture degree through a joint study program at Howard University and the Catholic University of America. He is a Registered Architect and a Construction Documents Technologist.