Gabriel Khalife

Dipl.-Ing.
Vienna, Austria

Born in London and raised in northern Mount Lebanon, Gabriel Khalife completed his BArch at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland and MArch at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. Architecture fascinates him above all as a discipline pertaining to a larger whole, which seeks to entwine humankind and the natural world, combine aesthetics and practicality, and think long-term.

Cropped, SW (2025)
Experience

Archisphere – Gabriel Kacerovsky

Architect (Vienna, AT)

2025 – ongoing

Architecture and Interior Design, hotel and hospitality sector, private residences.

full-time

Tillner & Willinger Architekten

Working Student (Vienna, AT)

2023 – 2025

Residential construction, urban development, research projects, including energy-efficient refurbishment of existing buildings, re-use concepts, planning.

part-time

Schenker Salvi Weber Architekten

Intern (Vienna, AT)

2022

Competitions, model making, planning.

full-time

Berger Lenz Architekten

Intern (Klosterneuburg, AT)

2021

Visualizations, virtual walk-throughs, loft conversion of a detached house.

part-time

Wienerberger AG

Intern (Vienna, AT)

2020

Inventory, digitization of modular components, 3D scan, life cycle analysis and cataloging.

full-time

Technical University of Vienna

MSc in Architecture (Vienna, AT)

2021 – 2024

with distinction*

Mackintosh School of Architecture

BSc in Architecture (Glasgow, UK)

2017 – 2020

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Stadtarchäologie Wien

City of Vienna (Vienna, AT)

2021 – 2023

Volunteer – Cataloguing and restoration of small finds (mainly ceramics, metals and bones)

UniVerse Creative Writing Society

University of Vienna (Vienna, AT)

2019 – ongoing

Member – Creative writing workshop with bimonthly meetings.

Monami Life Drawing

(Vienna, AT)

2021 – 2023

Member – Regular life drawing event in cafés around Vienna.

TU Wien Alumni Club

(Vienna, AT)

since 2024

Technical University of Vienna Alumni

Alt-Schotten Vereinigung

(Vienna, AT)

since 2017

Schottengymnasium d.W.B. Alumni

Beirut Port Competition

International, Student (Beirut, LB)

2022

participation

Proposal for the redevelopment of the Port of Beirut.

House for an Expat. A Typology of Transience

TU Vienna (Vienna, AT)

2024

M.Arch. Thesis

Adviser: Univ.Ass. Ph.D. M.Arch. Brendon Nikolas Carlin

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Facade Animation for SSW (2022)

factitious architecture

What's in a name?

The factitious (Latin factitius, from facere, meaning to do or make) signifies that which is artificial, i.e. produced by humankind. There is a close relation to the false, or deceptive, in that it opposes the natural, the real(m)—that which we see ourselves both part of and apart from. Of the same root stems the fact (Latin factum), product of a deed come to pass.

The fact and the sham. That duality inherent in human thought, and how we understand our place in the world, is also how we confront the question of dwelling, which architecture poses. Do we stand out or blend in? Do we adapt or bend to our will? This line of thought inspired both name and modus operandi of factitiousarchitecture, the creative studio founded by Gabriel Khalife in 2022.

Our focus lies on implementing research-based design and branching out wherever possible into creative domains apart from architecture. That includes digital art, painting, print-making, animation, sculpture, poetry and much more.

Contact: gabrielkhalife@factitiousarchitecture.com