He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture. He started his career in the field of Architecture in 1995 as a project architect at one of the public consultancy firms. As an architect he has successfully completed several housing and commercial projects providing him with a good experience in building design and construction. Towards the end of 1998, he made a transition into the academic field when he joined the Department of Architecture at IIUM two years after its establishment in 1996. He pursued his Master's degree in Construction and Project Management in 1999 and after completing his Ph.D in 2012, he has developed a niche interest in the area of Commercial Building Planning and Design and Public Architecture with particular concerns on the design and development of Public Spaces, Building and Facilities to facilitate public needs for leisure.
He has also successfully participated and completed some research consultancies undertaken by the business arm of the kulliyyah formerly known as Centre for Built Environment over the years. Among his most notable involvement was the preparation of the "Master Plan for Kota Bharu Bandar Raya Islam" for local authority of Kota Bharu (MPKB BRI) where he assumed the role as the project manager for the research project. He has also presented papers in international conferences and written academic papers on topics related to his niche interest.
In the Department of Architecture he is an experienced lecturer who has practically taught all levels of students enroll in both B.Sc. in Architecture and Bachelor of Architecture focusing on design studio and basic construction courses. He has also assumed many advisory roles over the years in the department where he had assisted students in many design competitions and was the academic advisor for the department for two consecutive terms, 2013 and 2014. His extensive involvement with students' programmes and activities has encouraged him to become a Fellow of the Mahallah in the early years and at present he has progressed to be the Principal of one of the Mahallahs in IIUM.

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2012 - Present	Gallery
2011 - Present	RU 2011: Consideration of Nature and Natural Context in the Design of Shopping Mall as A New Public Place for Leisure

Article

2022	Revisit shophouses in Kota Bharu: a cultural study. International Journal of Innovation and Industrial Revolution, 4 () pp. 56-65
2016	A historiography of the Mosque: Reconciling a renaissance of spirituality in the material forms of Islamic architecture. Advanced Science Letters, 22 (9) pp. 2164-2169
2014	The journey of murabbis in architecture pedagogy: the case of studio teaching as laboratory of passion and duty to future khalifas of the built environment. World Applied Sciences Journal, (30) pp. 148-166

Conference or Workshop Item

2021	Revealing the unsung community masjids of Gombak to the Nation’s history. In: The International Conference on Heritage and Cultural Conservation (InHERIT) 2020,
2019	The mosque in the Malay world: on the origins of spiritual form and space. In: Exhibition and Lecture Series: Malay Architecture-The Resilience of Tradition from Origins to the Contemporary,
2018	Cultural and medical space design: case study. In: The 5th Asian Medical Service Facilities Architect Forum, the 19th China Hospital Construction Conference/ Hospital Build & Infrastructure China Exhibition & Congress,
2016	A historiography of the mosque: reconciling a renaissance of spirituality and material form in Islamic architecture. In: 2016 International Conference on Philosophy, Theology and Oriental Studies (PHILOTIS 2016),
2013	The journey of murabbis in architecture pedagogy: The case of studio teaching as laboratory of passion and duty to future khalifas of the built environment. In: International Conference on Innovation Challenges in Multidisciplinary Research & Practice (ICMRP) 2013,

Book

2021	MASJID LAMA BATU 6, BATU 6 JALAN GOMBAK, 53100 KUALA LUMPUR, SELANGOR MALAYSIA. Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: ISBN 978-967-25996-3-0
2021	MASJID LAMA BATU 6, BATU 6 JALAN GOMBAK, 53100 KUALA LUMPUR, SELANGOR MALAYSIA. Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: ISBN 978-967-25996-3-0
2021	TURATH: Islamic Architectural Heritage 2021. Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-25996-0-9
2021	TURATH: Islamic Architectural Heritage 2021. Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-25996-0-9
2016	Dimensions of Masjid architecture: perspectives and writings in theory and design. Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM, ISBN: 978-983-3142-33-0

Book Section

2019	The identity of Islam in project development and the public realm: resisting global mimicry and returning to contextualised inventiveness. In: Springer, ISBN: 9789811375835, pp. 299-317
2016	The masjid in modernity: Form, space and syntax. In: MPH Group Printing (M) Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-983-3142-33-0, pp. 23-36
2016	The masjid in modernity: Form, space and syntax. In: MPH Group Printing (M) Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-983-3142-33-0, pp. 23-36
2011	Changes in public life and its impact on public places . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180331, pp. 71-76
2011	Public space for experiencing public life. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180331, pp. 66-70
2011	Shopping mall as a place of leisure . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180331, pp. 77-82