Appointed to the Board on 22 June 2005. Alberto Miceli Farrugia, an architect by profession, graduated from Cambridge University, UK. He joined Architecture Project (AP) in 1991, becoming a partner shortly after, and has occupied this position until 25 July 2017. AP established itself as one of the leading design practices on the island, achieving significant and award winning projects, including the Malta Stock Exchange Offices, Valletta (2001), the Cruise Passenger Terminal, Floriana (1998-2013), the Barrakka Lift, Valletta (2013), the Malta Parliament and City Gate project, Valletta (2009-2014) in collaboration with the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and the Dock 1 Landscaping Project (2000-2014), a project which was awarded the 2015 overall Silver Medal and the Prix D’Honneur (Major Regeneration Project) by Malta’s heritage NGO, Din L-Art Ħelwa.
AP had been engaged by Simonds Farsons Cisk plc to design its new Brewhouse (2009-2013), a project which was shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival, Singapore in 2013.
In 2016 Mr Miceli Farrugia founded his current design practice, Openworkstudio, dealing with quality private projects, as well as Nidum, an urban design office dedicated to urban regeneration and community oriented projects.
Mr Miceli Farrugia is a tutor in architecture design for the Masters programme at the Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta. He is a Council member of the Kamra tal-Periti (KtP, the Malta Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers). He is registered with the Architects Registration Board of the UK, and is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
