Throughout a career spanning close to two decades, Nizam Kizilsencer has accumulated a portfolio of master planning and architectural design experience that include a range of complex and highly-recognizable projects in the United States, Turkey, the Middle East and Far East Asia.

Prior to founding DIA, Mr. Kizilsencer was a Senior Design Leader at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP (SOM New York) and Co-Founder and Principal at STRATA Architects (New York).

Some career highlights thus far include One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower), the Memorial Sloan Kettering Research Center and the Moynihan East and West Stations in New York, as well as the Digital Media City Landmark Tower in South Korea, the Akbank Banking Center in Turkey, the Beach Road Garden in Singapore and the Tokyo Midtown Project in Tokyo, Japan.

Mr. Kizilsencer was awarded the Presidential Citation by the AIA for his involvement in post-9/11 rebuilding at Ground Zero.

A LEED and WELL accredited professional and a registered architect in New York and Connecticut, Mr. Kizilsencer holds an M.Arch from Yale University and a B.Arch from Istanbul Technical University. He is a member of the AIA and the Union of the Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (UCTEA).