Hamed Bukhamseen

Hamed Bukhamseen is an architect whose research is concerned with the developmental projects undertaken by sovereign wealth funds and their socio-political impact within their host nations. Previously, he has worked as an architect in Germany, Japan, and the US, and as an instructor at the Kuwait University – College of Architecture where he taught design studios and seminars. Parallel to his time teaching, Hamed co-founded the architectural office Civil Architecture. The work of Civil has been shown in the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the Oslo Architecture Triennale, the Seoul Biennale for Architecture and Urbanism, Expo 2020, and at the CAC in Cincinnati. He is the co-author of Foreign Architecture/Domestic Policy (Humboldt Books, 2022) and the upcoming Graham Foundation funded Two Thousand Years of Non-Urban History (Kaph Books, 2025). Alongside Ali Ismail Karimi, he curated the Kuwait Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Hamed is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, earning degrees in fine arts, architecture, and urban design. He was recently a visiting research associate at the London School of Economics Cities program.