Mamoun AlWareh was born in 1945 in Damascus. He studied at the architecture department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University. He graduated in 1972 and was appointed as an assistant lecturer there. During his studies and after his graduation he worked in the architectural firms of the Architects Abd al-Rauf al-Kasm and Talal Akili where he contributed to many architectural projects. Damascus University sent him to Britain to continue his higher education, and he earned a PhD from Sheffield University in 1979. He returned to Damascus in 1980 where he served the remainder of his military service in the architectural unit of the Military Housing Company where he worked on blueprints of the Opera House building. Upon returning to Syria, he continued teaching at the Faculty of Architecture, later being appointed Dean in 2007. He also taught at the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. AlWareh founded al-ʾIstishārāt wa-l-ʾAʿmāl al-Handasiyya (Consultations and Engineering Works) an architectural unit affiliated with Damascus University, and in later years he also founded ‘The Syrian Consultant Center for Architectural & Engineering Services’ firm.