Maged Youssef received a PhD in Architecture from Cairo University and studied both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Ain Shams University, Egypt. He is currently an associate professor teaching ‘Theory of Architecture’ and 'Architectural Design' at the Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon. He published many papers in international conferences and high-ranking journals. He also published several books on the 'Theory of Architecture'. His latest published paper is: Theorising the contemporary architectural trends in the context of the twenty-first-century variables, published in Frontiers of Architectural Research (Q1) - one of the Top-10 Journals. Visiting numerous prominent contemporary projects around the world has helped shape his architectural and cultural character.