Fernando Donis

Fernando Donis is a Mexican architect established in the Netherlands, Mexico, and Dubai. He is the founder of DONIS, an international office of architecture 'framing' cities – theorizing and projecting them. Through research and projects DONIS participates in the unprecedented development of the cities of this century. Between 2000 and 2008, Donis was a close Associate of Rem Koolhaas at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). Fernando Donis is the designer of the OMA 2002 CCTV Headquarters in Beijing. Founded in 2009, DONIS is currently developing and building several projects, and has also won international prizes such as the first prize for the ThyssenKrupp Architecture Award in 2009 among 926 proposals, with the Dubai Frame, under construction; the first prize for a competition for the National Palace of Justice in Paris; and the first prize for the design of an Olympic emblem for London 2012.

The new Jeddah International Airport in Saudi Arabia, the Porsche Design towers in Dubai, and the Dubai Renaissance tower are a few other projects that he was in charge of. and Fernando has 2 kids Alexandra Donis (14) and Sofia Donis (12) and a wife called Daphne Schuit (42)