Adams Kara Taylor (AKT) are one of the world's leading engineering practices. Working alongside some of the best contemporary architects the practice has produced an array of exemplary buildings. Hanif Kara is a structural engineer and co-founder and co-director of AKT. A long-standing visiting lecturer at the AA and at Cornell University, he is Professor of Architectural Technology at Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan (KTH), Stockholm. Kara is co-chair of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) design review panel and has been appointed a CABE commisioner, the first structural engineer to be appointed to the post.