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A step into Baghdad’s first brutalist house: The Yasoub Rafiq Residence by Rifat Chadirji

In search of Baghdad’s identity, Paris-based architect Zeina Magazachi explores four different buildings that express Iraq’s modern architecture. This series...
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Op-ed: Tirana’s dwindling cobblestone structures reflect Albania’s neglected Oriental-Islamic heritage

In the capital of Albania, the largest Muslim society in Europe, the cobblestone roads, structures and surfaces that date back...
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In pictures: the Islamic architecture of Karbala’s holiest shrines

For Ashura, Round City shares a series of photos that highlight the art and architecture of the Iraqi city of...
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ARound: Najaf and its mosques

In part four of the ARound: Najaf series, architect and Round City contributor Turath Jamil explores the history and architect...
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The Taragaon Museum: one of Nepal’s first modern buildings

Designed as a hotel in 1971 by Austrian architect Carl Pruscha, the Taragaon Museum sits amid Baudha’s stupa, and symbolises...
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International competition invites photographers to showcase concrete in everyday life for a chance to win $10,000

Launched by the Global Cement and Concrete Association, the competition invites professional and amateur photographers to share images of concrete that...
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ARound: Najaf’s schools and madrasas

In part five of Round City’s ARound: Najaf series, Iraqi architect and PhD candidate Turath Jamil examines the city’s educational...
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Inside Al-Madrasah Al-Mustansiriya: A medieval Abbasid-era gem in the heart of Baghdad

From the world’s earliest scientific and cultural institution to a neglected building concealed by dust and surrounded by commercial chaos,...
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In photos: Inside the United Nations headquarters building in New York

Nipun Prabhakar shares his photo essay of the UNHQ in New York in honour of the organisation’s 75th birthday. 2020...
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ARound: Najaf and its traditional house architecture

In part three of the ARound: Najaf series, Paris-based Iraqi architect Turath Jamil discusses the traditional house architecture of Najaf....
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