Iraqi academic No’man Bayaty explores Erbil’s Justice Tower, and provides insight into its architectural form and the urban challenges it poses.
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.
In part five of Round City’s ARound: Najaf series, Iraqi architect and PhD candidate Turath Jamil examines the city’s educational...
With Tamayouz’s Dewan Award for Architecture 2020 focusing on designing a youth house complex in Sadr City, an anonymous resident...
The founder and managing director of Dewan Architects + Engineers, Mohamed Al Assam, provides more insight into this year’s Dewan...
One of Iraq’s greatest architects and thinkers, Dr Rifat Chadirji, passed away on 10 April, 2020 in London. Iraqi architect,...
For Ashura, Round City shares a series of photos that highlight the art and architecture of the Iraqi city of...
Renowned Maltese architect and writer Richard England pays tribute to Rifat Chadirji. I first came across Rifat Chadirji in the...
In this new series by Round City, Paris-based Iraqi architect Turath Jamil explores the architecture and history of one of...
In part four of the ARound: Najaf series, architect and Round City contributor Turath Jamil explores the history and architect...