Zaid is an architect, academic and researcher. Currently, PhD candidate (PhD Architecture) at the school of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University. Zaid has MSc in Construction Project Management from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford-UK. And BSc in Architecture. His architecture focuses on linking design principles, technology and humanity in one holistic picture where the objective is increasing livability in the built environment. Zaid’s research focuses on technology, architecture and identity, digital urban realm and the future city model. In his early stage in research and academia, Zaid's research output and teaching are recognized in the scientific community. In his architecture and research, he is interested in the themes of future city model, digital urban realm, digital-twinning, BIM dimensions, architecture of place, and identity in cities.