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Dalibor Savović
A highly specialized structural engineer with a strong focus on sustainability, Dalibor Savović leads multidisciplinary teams from DeSimone’s New York office. He offers a holistic engineering approach to both analysis and hands-on structural design, delivering high-profile projects and ensuring innovative, efficient, and buildable structural solutions.
Dalibor currently leads the structural teams for the design of the KEAN mixed-use development in Limassol, the largest development of its kind in Cyprus, and the Qiddiya Resort Core in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a project key to the city’s goal of becoming the largest cultural, sports, and entertainment center in the world.
Prior projects include Mindet 6 and Carlsberg Byen (BA10) in Denmark, the Jasmil Sports Complex in Seoul, South Korea, host of the 1988 summer Olympics, Zayed National Museum on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, and the LEED Platinum SRG Tower, a 111-story, luxury residential building in Dubai. He also served on the design team for Kaj 16, a timber-hybrid, mixed-use building in Gothenburg, Sweden, developed with a strong focus on achieving climate neutrality through upcycling, material circularity, biodiversity integration, and other carbon-reduction strategies.
Education:
MSc, Civil Engineering, Structures–University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Professional Licenses & Certifications:
Chartered Engineer (CEng): United Kingdom
Chartered Member of Engineering New Zealand (CMEngNZ): New Zealand
Licensed Professional Engineer (PE): Nevada
Designated Tall Building Expert, Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU)
Memberships and Affiliations:
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (MCIBSE), United Kingdom
Institution of Engineering and Technology, United Kingdom
The Architectural League of New York
European Steering Committee, Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU)
Advisory Board, New York City Chapter, Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU)
Height and Data Committee, Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU)
Adaptive Reuse Committee, Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU)
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