Rifat Chadirji
Rifat Chadirji (Arabic: رفعت الجادرجي Rifa’a al-Khādarjī, also Romanized Rifa'at Al Chaderchi; December 6, 1926 – April 10, 2020) was an Iraqi architect, photographer, author and activist. He was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He was often seen as the father of modern Iraqi architecture. He designed more than 100 buildings across the country.[1] His best known work was the The Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Baghdad.
Chadriji died from COVID-19 in London on April 10, 2020, at the age of 93.[2][3]
Some works
Architecture works
| Site | Location | Country |
| Central Post Office (1975)[4] | Baghdad | Iraq |
| Hamood Villa (1972)[5] | Baghdad | Iraq |
| National Insurance Company[6] | Mosul | Iraq |
| Offices and Tobacco Warehouses (1965)[4] | Baghdad | Iraq |
| The Monument to the Unknown Soldier (erected 1959: replaced 1983)[7] | Baghdad | Iraq |
| Rafiq Residence (1965)[8] | Baghdad | Iraq |
Written works
| Author | Title | Year |
| Chadirji, Rifat | Introduction to Urban Design and Architecture in Lebanon | 2004 |
| Chadirji, Rifat | Medina Interviews Architect | 1999 |
| Chadirji, Rifat | The Photographs of Kamil Chadirji | 1995 |
| Khan, Hasan-Uddin | Regional Modernism: Rifat Chadirji's Portfolio of Etchings | 1984 |
| Chadirji, Rifat | Concepts and Influences:Towards a Regional International Architecture, 1952-1978 | 1986[9] |
Rifat Chadirji Media
Rifat Chadirji (left) with Balqees Sharara and Mohamed Makiya, 1960s
References
- ↑ "Prominent Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji dies in London aged 94". The National. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ↑ "Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji dies of COVID-19". MEO. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ↑ "وفاة المعماري العراقي رفعة الجادرجي » وكالة بغداد اليوم الاخبارية".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Elsheshtawy, Y. (ed.), Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope, Routledge, 2004, p. 72
- ↑ Frampton, K. and Khan, H-U. (eds), World Architecture 1900-2000: The Middle East, Vol. 5, Armenian Research Center, 2000, [World Architecture Series], p. xxx
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Rifat Chadirji". Archnet. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ↑ Bernhardsson, M.T., "Visions of the Past: Modernizing the Past in 1950s Baghdad," in Sandy Isenstadt and Kishwar Rizvi, Modernism and the Middle East: Architecture and Politics in the Twentieth Century," University of Washington Press, 2008, p.92
- ↑ Hagan, S., Taking Shape: A New Contract Between Architecture and Nature, Routledge, 2007, p. 124
- ↑ "Rifat Chadirji Architect, Iraq". architectural-world. May 2005. Retrieved March 3, 2011.