{"id":5582,"date":"2018-04-07T23:15:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T06:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/origin-www.parsons.com\/?p=5582"},"modified":"2018-04-07T23:15:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T06:15:11","slug":"parsons-appoints-arvanitis-director-master-planning-urban-design-mea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/2018\/04\/parsons-appoints-arvanitis-director-master-planning-urban-design-mea\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Appoints Arvanitis as Director of Master Planning and Urban Design for MEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5488\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Arvanitis-340x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parsons is pleased to announce the appointment of George Arvanitis as Director of Master Planning and Urban Design for the Built Environment Division in its Middle East Africa business unit. In this role, George will be responsible for driving Parsons\u2019 Urban Design Studio master planning and urban design projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur MEA Built Environment Division has assembled a best-in-class team within the Urban Design Studio, and George is an excellent addition to our talented professionals. His unique approach, experience, and energy are key contributions to the added value Parsons brings to the projects we help develop,\u201d said Gary Adams, Parsons Group President.<\/p>\n<p>George is an architect and urban designer with more than 20\u00a0years of experience in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. He has led project teams on a wide variety of projects through internationally renowned practices and has a proven track record of delivering large-scale, complex developments. George has a Master of Architecture and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, MA, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Florida College of Architecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parsons is pleased to announce the appointment of George Arvanitis as Director of Master Planning and Urban Design for the Built Environment Division in its Middle East Africa business unit. 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