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An introduction to Red Envelope

Drawing from Chinese and South East Asian societies, which share the custom of giving gifts in red envelopes or packets, LWK + PARTNERS’ three-part Red Envelope series seeks to freely share thought and insight as a global source of knowledge. Read More

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Designing with Rifat Chadirji

UK-based Iraqi architect Ayad Al-Tuhafi shares his experience of working with Rifat Chadirji on his last design. On 29 April... Read More

Architecture Red Envelope Specials

Fouad Street: The oldest planned, still inhabited street in the world

23 centuries after it was first drawn in sand, the world’s oldest planned, still inhabited street continues to mark the ongoing transformations of an ever-evolving city. Read More

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

In conversation with Dr Rifat Chadirji

Paris-based Iraqi architect Zeina Magazachi provides the transcript of one of her final conversations with the prolific Iraqi architect. On... Read More

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Locals in India come together after disastrous earthquake for community-led reconstruction

In Bhuj, a municipality in the Kutch district of western India’s Gujarat, a network of community members, government officials and non-profit development organisations worked together to devise an emergency re-urbanisation plan following the disastrous 2001 earthquake. One particular case study takes us to Sardar Nagar, a rehousing settlement that threatened to become a slum of thousands. Read More

Architecture Red Envelope Specials

Madinat as-Salam: The history of Baghdad’s first urban plan

Conceived in 762, Al-Mansur’s ‘Round City’ was an incredible example of early urban design, setting the stage for the Islamic Empire’s golden era. While today, Baghdad has undoubtedly grown beyond the double-ring masterplan, its original layout was then the region’s largest construction project, providing a throne from which the Abbasid dynasty reigned. Read More

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Rifat and my Baghdad days

Iraqi architect and city planner Abbad Al Radi reflects on the professional and personal ways his life was influenced and... Read More

Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Rifat Chadirji Tribute: A foreword by Richard England

Renowned Maltese architect and writer Richard England pays tribute to Rifat Chadirji. I first came across Rifat Chadirji in the... Read More

Architecture Rifat Chadirji Tribute

Rifat Chadirji: 10 buildings and the stories behind them

Chadirji’s buildings reflect the plight of Iraqis for the past half century: political prosecution and disturbance, destruction in wars, and abuse and disfiguration by the rulers Read More

Art Red Envelope Specials

Sudanese street artists give Khartoum a makeover

In Sudan, decades of economic and political strife that marked the latter half of the 20th century, meant a lack of the necessary urban planning and regeneration of decaying areas. Following the 2019 revolution, the country’s streets and buildings have been given a makeover, courtesy of Sudanese street artists. Read More

Specials

An introduction to Red Envelope

Designing with Rifat Chadirji

Fouad Street: The oldest planned, still inhabited street in the world

In conversation with Dr Rifat Chadirji

Locals in India come together after disastrous earthquake for community-led reconstruction

Madinat as-Salam: The history of Baghdad’s first urban plan

Rifat and my Baghdad days

Rifat Chadirji Tribute: A foreword by Richard England

Rifat Chadirji: 10 buildings and the stories behind them

Sudanese street artists give Khartoum a makeover

ARound: Najaf’s schools and madrasas

ARound: Najaf – The Mausoleum of Imam Ali

ARound: Najaf and its traditional house architecture

ARound: Najaf, a city between al-Kufa and al-Hira

ARound Najaf: The khans of old downtown

ARound: Najaf and its mosques

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