Hani El Hajj
Director, Saudi Arabia Initiatives; Assistant Professor Clinical
- Administration and Instruction Services (CAP)
Email Address:hani.elhajj@ucdenver.edu
Design and Teaching Portfolio
MA, SCE, IDEC, WELL AP, Lecturer, and Interior Architect
Professionally, Hani's focus is on Interior Architecture & Design studios, Wellness in Design, Design Communication, Freehand sketching, Illustrations, Lighting Design, Color Theory, Furniture Design & Construction, International Furniture Trade, Kitchen, Bath, and closet Design, Residential, commercial, Retail, Hospitality, and educational Design, Global History of Art, Architecture, and Interior Design.
Hani graduated from the Lebanese University, Institut Des Beaux Arts, with a master's degree in interior architecture focusing on antiquity & Phoenician Art.
With over two decades of experience in interior architecture, Hani has served the MENA region, Europe, and the USA. His international expertise brings solid, grounded knowledge in the field of interior architecture and a global lens of the new trends related to this field.
He teaches three courses at CAP—Global History & Theory of Interior Design (Fall), introduction to interior design (Fall), and Light & Color (spring).
In addition to his position as a lecturer at CU Denver, Hani is a design and administration consultant for an architectural and interior design firm overseas. For the last 7 years, Hani has been teaching face-to-face, hybrid, and fully online courses at the University of Idaho- CAA (i.e., History of Interiors I & II, Furniture Design and Construction, Design Communication, Introduction to Interior Architecture & Design, Interior Architecture and Design IV, Interior Architecture & Design V).
Current and Past Courses Taught: History of Interiors I & II, Furniture Design and Construction, Design Communication, Introduction to Interior Architecture & Design, Interior Architecture and Design IV, Junior's studio, Interior Architecture & Design V, Seniors' studio.