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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
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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...
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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...
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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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Gallery: Buildings by Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji

Prolific Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji has greatly contributed to Iraq’s modernism, thought and built environment. Here, we offer a look...
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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...
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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...
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The architect as a collector

Renowned Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi reflects on Rifat Chadirji’s personal collection of contemporary artwork, and the artistic collaborations in his...
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Meet the Middle East’s leading architectural historian

Iraqi academic, architect and author Dr Khaled al-Sultany speaks with Round City about his work, his interest in the formative...
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Prolific Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji dies at 93

One of Iraq’s greatest architects and thinkers, Dr Rifat Chadirji, passed away on 10 April, 2020 in London. Iraqi architect,...
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