Theorist

Rifat Chadirji

1926–2020 International regionalism
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Details

Nationality
Iraqi

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
ReasonObservation
Subject
Human centred
Political position
Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophicalIslamic mena

Notes

[DRAFT] 'Father of modern Iraqi architecture', architect, photographer and theorist who reconciled regional Iraqi form with modernism ('International regionalism'). Designed over 100 buildings and amassed an extensive photographic archive of a vanishing Baghdad.

Sources

  1. Rifat Chadirji. Concepts and Influences: Towards a Regionalized International Architecture. KPI, 1986.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Rifat Chadirji." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/rifat-chadirji/. Accessed July 17, 2026.