Project Director
Dubai
With more than two decades of international experience spanning interior and architectural design, strategy, and project leadership, Rama Turkmani is an industry authority that brings a deeply human and design-led perspective to her role as Project Director at RSP. Passionate about the craft of all things design, she is celebrated for her ability to transform ideas into spaces that inspire and connect with purpose.
Her portfolio spans the Middle East, Australasia, and North America, featuring award winning projects across diverse sectors including hospitality, mixed-use, education, retail, civic, and transport. Each demonstrates her ability to balance creativity, sustainability, and technical precision to deliver design excellence at every scale.
Rama brings clients lasting value from the earliest briefing stages through to project handover, ensuring each design vision is realized with purpose, precision, and profitability.
A passionate and visionary leader, Rama empowers multidisciplinary teams to challenge convention while upholding integrity, sustainability, and purpose. She fosters collaboration, trust, and innovation, balancing design integrity with commercial performance to achieve meaningful, enduring project outcomes. Additionally, with her strong, long-standing relationships with design brands, artisans, and suppliers around the world, Rama brings clients unparalleled access to innovation, craftsmanship, and quality.
Rama’s experience is uniquely versatile – from leading bespoke, high-end luxury developments for private and corporate clients, to shaping experiential public and civic environments, and delivering highly specialized institutional and technically complex projects that serve communities and humanity at large.
Having played a key role at RSP during Dubai’s transformative years, Rama returned to the practice after leading landmark projects with major developers and international consultancies. Today, she brings a broadened global perspective and renewed commitment to delivering outstanding projects and shaping built environments that unite people, culture, and progress.