Raad Ghantous

Raad Ghantous

Raad Ghantous (born Baghdad, Iraq)cite web | url =http://www.coastmagazine.com/archive/pre_dec05/feature/8.05_f3.html | title =coast magazine | accessdate =2007-08-24 | publisher =coastmagazine.com] is an interior designer notably known for helping improve the appearance of the Cultural Center in San Clemente. His mother was half Lebanese and half Iraqi, a Catholic.cite web | url =http://www.sanclementejournal.com/pastissues/2004/2004_01/sanclementean.htm | title =Raad:Journal | accessdate =2007-08-24 | publisher =sanclementejournal.com] cite web | url =http://www.coastmagazine.com/archive/pre_dec05/feature/8.05_f3.html | title =coast magazine | accessdate =2007-08-24 | publisher =coastmagazine.com] His father was a Greek Orthodox civil engineer, he was born in Iraq.cite web | url =http://www.coastmagazine.com/archive/pre_dec05/feature/8.05_f3.html | title =coast magazine | accessdate =2007-08-24 | publisher =coastmagazine.com] His grandfather moved to Iraq from Haifa, (formerly in Palestine) because of the educational facilities available in Iraq, later on his father and the family moved to Abu Dhabi but didn't settle as they left for Kuwait, where Raad had attended high school and then he received a degree in economics at the American College of Switzerland in Leysin.He later on sought refuge in the United States, where he decided to undertake a course in interior design and received his degree.cite web | url =http://www.sanclementejournal.com/pastissues/2004/2004_01/sanclementean.htm | title =Raad:Journal | accessdate =2007-08-24 | publisher =sanclementejournal.com]

Career

He soon landed a job for Whimberly Allison, Tong & Go and has also worked for Hirsch-Bedner and Design 1. He has designed many projects such as a mansion in Beverly Hills, his work has proven successful and rewarding as the location of most of his projects are in exotic places such as Spain, China, Japan and the United Arab Emirates.He soon started his own interior business Raad Ghantous & Associates, in which he imports accessories from Morocco and Egypt to accompany his work.cite web | url =http://www.sanclementejournal.com/pastissues/2004/2004_01/sanclementean.htm | title =Raad:Journal | accessdate =2007-08-24 | publisher =sanclementejournal.com]

He currently serves on the Design Committee in the Downtown Business Association.

References

External links

* [http://www.coastmagazine.com/archive/pre_dec05/feature/8.05_f3.html Featured in Coast Magazine]


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