He teamed with German interior designer Fritz Gotthelf (1905-1980), Wassek Adib (1926-) and engineer Bahij Makdissi (1916-1995) to establish an architectural firm that designed the AUB Alumni Club (1952), Dar al Sayad (1954), and the Shell building (1959).[9] Michel Ecochard (1905-1985) a graduated of the Ecole des Beaux Arts who developed the first master plan of Beirut to be implemented (1943).