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The university building was commissioned by the Royal Government of Iraq in the late 1950s and is located on the banks of the Tigris River. Its buildings were designed by Walter Gropius, Louis McMillen, and Robert McMillan, of The Architects' Collaborative, and were made from 1959 to 1960. The architects master plan for a new university campus ...
The building was commissioned by Abdullah Ihsan Kamel, who was a professor at the University of Baghdad. With the participation of Iraqi artist and architect Rifat Chadirji, the two designed and built the building which at that time became iconic for its unusual cylindrical form, and its bright white color. This was intentional to create a ...
Mustansiriya University Building in Baghdad 2005. Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa is one of the only buildings still standing that provides evidence for Baghdad's role as a center for Islamic Art and for the city's role in the development of geometric ornaments. [14]
Its significance comes from its quality of life, and its real estate is, along with Karrada, some of the most expensive in Baghdad. [5] The design and building of the University of Baghdad Campus in 1958 also added to its value since the University has become one of the most important locations in the city, and its campus takes up the entire ...
The Plan for Greater Baghdad was a project done by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for a cultural center, opera house, and university on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, in 1957–58. The most thoroughly developed aspects of the plan were the opera house, which would have been built on an island in the middle of the Tigris together with ...
Al-Faw Palace (also known as the Water Palace, Arabic: قصر الفاو) is a palace located in Baghdad approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the Baghdad International Airport, Iraq. Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein commissioned its construction in the 1990s to commemorate the Iraqi forces' re-taking of the Al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Baghdad" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
After the birth of the University of Baghdad in 1956, the college of dentistry became one of its colleges. The college was composed of 2 buildings with one building having 4 dental units and a laboratory and the second designated for administrative purposes. The teaching staff composed from the medical college staff and Dr. Ali Nasser.