FITZGERALD C. UMAH, MNIA, RIBA (INTL ASSOC.) AIA.
Fitzgerald Umah is a Consulting Architect with over 20 years experience in the Building Construction Industry, specifically in Architecture, Project Management and Construction. In addition to having a postgraduate Diploma in Management from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Fitzgerald is an Architecture alumnus of Yaba College Technology and holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Prestigious University of Lagos, where he graduated as one of the best students in his class and won the University Graduate Assistantship Award in 2005. He also holds a Master’s in Project Management from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, USA. He was nominated as the graduate speaker for the College of Engineering at the Graduation ceremony in spring 2023. Having done his NYSC in Kaduna State, he won the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) State Honour’s Award for a Self-made project on Earth technology in 1998. He is a registered member of the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria, a member of The Nigerian Institute of Architects, and Past Chairman of the NIA Lagos State Chapter (A post he served for 2 terms). Fitzgerald is a Chartered Member of The Royal Institute of British Architects, an American Institute of Architects International Associate and Director of the Mentorship Project Management Institute, Alaska Chapter. Among other affiliations and memberships, Fitzgerald has participated in and held various positions in his professional career and social life, some of which include: • Member, The Nigerian Institute of Architects • Member Associate, American Institute of Architects. • Member, Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition As Chair of the Library and Publication Committee of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, he led the team that published the First Book of Architecture of The Nigerian Institute of Architects and also registered and published ARCHITECTURE NIGERIA (ISSN): 2735 – 9670, The Magazine of the Nigerian Institute of Architects. He published various editions of the online Architecture Magazine - Ekotecture - and a compendium of Ekotecture in 2020 as Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Architects Lagos State Chapter. Fitzgerald has successfully delivered several projects as a design and supervising Architect, some of which include: • Nigeria Mining Corporation, Jos • Pan Atlantic University Enterprise Development Centre, Male Hostel Lagos. • Various Diamond Bank and Heritage Bank Branches. • Various Residential Developments. He was involved in the Total Nigeria PLC Gas Station invariant Design in Nigeria and has been involved in some projects at the University of Alaska, Fairbank; among them is the Refresh of the Signer’ Hall Building, where the Constitution of State of Alaska was signed in 1956. He is also the Project Sponsor for some Affordable Housing Projects in Nigeria and Kampala, Uganda. He is the Founder of Contemporary Architecture Limited, an architecture, design, and development firm with an office in Lagos. Fitzgerald is happily married with Children.