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In the absence of art galleries in 1940s' Baghdad, Makiya opened his private home to host the first contemporary art exhibition featuring works by artist, Jawad Saleem. [22] In 1959, he founded Iraq's first architectural department within the engineering department at University of Baghdad, became its dean and held the position until 1968. [23]
The campus was expanded in 1982 to accommodate 20,000 students. Architects Hisham N. Ashkouri and Robert Owen developed the academic spaces program for the entire campus. Baghdad University suffered from the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation, with more than 90% of its students dropping out of some classes.
Gropius, alongside The Architects Collaborative designed and planned the entire campus for the University of Baghdad, from 1958 to 1963. [ 7 ] [ 6 ] Only a few of Gropius' designs survived into the campus' final iteration, the faculty tower, a few classroom buildings, and the Open Mind monument. [ 6 ]
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 ...
Manhal Aziz Al-Habbobi was born on the 5th of September, 1970 in Baghdad, Iraq. [1] [9] He studied architectural engineering at the University of Baghdad and graduated in 1995 then continued for his Master's degree in Philosophy of Architecture (2000). [1] [4] [2]
Jarrar was born in Iraq, and raised in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.He is half Iraqi and half Palestinian.He holds a degree in architecture from the University of Baghdad, and a master's degree in Architectural Engineering, specialized in post-war reconstruction, from the University of Jordan.
Ashkouri was born on August 15, 1948, in Baghdad, Iraq. He graduated first in class in 1970 with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Baghdad and continued for his Masters of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania under the late Louis I. Kahn in 1973.
Basil Al Bayati (Arabic: باسل البياتي; born 13 May 1946) is an Iraqi-born architect and designer who has lived and practiced for the most part in Europe, in particular, London and who Neil Bingham, in his book 100 Years of Architectural Drawing: 1900–2000, has described as "an architect in whom East meets West."