Title & Author:

An Internationalised Tradition in Architecture / [presented by] Rifat Chadirji.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1988.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (25 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Rifat Chadirji, 1987 -- Offices For Ministry Of Municipal & Rural Affairs, Baghdad, 1965. Competition Design -- Traditional Multi-Storey Residence, Jeddah -- Ceiling For Iraq Scientific Academy, Baghdad, 1965 -- Iraq Consult Bureau, Baghdad, 1965. Courtyard -- Top: Traditional Windows, Baghdad. Bottom: Painting By Piet Mondrian -- Y. Rafiq Residence, Baghdad, 1965 -- Presidential Palace, Baghdad, 1968. Competition Design -- Traditional 19th Century House In Baghdad -- A. Hanna Residence, Baghdad, 1965 -- Medical Auxiliary Training Centre, Baghdad, 1966 -- Great Mosque At Samarra, Iraq, 9th Century -- Traditional Houses. North Beirut, Lebanon, 19th Century -- R. Chadirji Villa, Halat, Lebanon, 1967 -- Traditional House In Basrah, Iraq, 19th Century -- M. Hamad Residence, Kuwait, 1967 -- Al-Nasr Gate, Cairo, 1087. Detail -- Tobacco Monopoly Administration Building, Baghdad, 1967 -- National Bank Of Abu Dhabi HQ, 1970. Competition Design -- Central Post, Telegraph & Telephone Administration Building. Baghdad 1971 -- Top: Typical Contemporary Reed Huts, South Iraq. Bottom: Reed Huts Of South Iraq. Impression From Cylinder Seal Of 4th Millennium B.C. -- A. Hamood Residence, Baghdad, 1972 -- A.A. Aga Residence, Baghdad, 1964 -- Chamber Of Commerce, Baghdad. 1964. Competition Design.

Summary:

The Iraqi Rifat Chadirji was born in Baghdad and trained as an architect at Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts, London, qualifying in 1952. On returning to his own country, he set up the practice Iraq Consult of which he is still president. Between 1954 and 1963 he also held a number of top government posts, and from 1980 - 1982 he was in charge of a massive conservation and development program for Baghdad. His work - including public and private building large and small - has been widely exhibited in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and has won numerous awards. In 1986 he received the Chairman's Award of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Since 1982 he has been dividing his time between the USA, where he has been a Visiting Scholar at both Harvard and MIT, and England, where he is preparing future books. Already published are several in Arabic and "Concepts & Influences: Towards A Regionalised International Architecture", London, KPI, 1986, is in English. In his talk he covers much the same ground as in the latter book, but with greater accent on his own work in Iraq. His thesis, that form is determined by the interaction of social technology and social need, offers a different approach to the usual historical analysis of architecture. He argues that architecture's future lies in lessons learned from the past, from man's way of dealing with regional variations in nature and in his means of production.

Subject:

Architectural design Iraq.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Design architectural Irak.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Modern.
Iraq.

Added entries:

Chadirji, Rifat, narrator.