Rifat Chadirji: Building Index Poster connoting pride in their individual

connoting pride in their individual heritages while simultaneously appropriating and integrating ideas and narratives of Arab and Iraqi nationalism

ISBN: 9783037783023

Crafted with care from sustainable bamboo

Originally published more than 80 years ago and last revised in 2000

141 illustrations

Rifat Chadirji: Building Index Poster connoting pride in their individualProlific and prominent architect Rifat Chadirji launched his office, Iraq Consult, in Baghdad in the late 1950s. In less than 20 years, Chadirjis design output reached almost 100 buildings, ranging from monuments and residences to government and industrial buildings in Iraq and the Gulf Region. An avid photographer, Chadirji extensively documented his own architectural projects and the shifting image of Baghdad. Despite his fame, in the climate of