Background
Chadirji, Rifat Kamil was born on December 6, 1926 in Baghdad, Iraq. Son of Kamil Rifat and Muniba Asif (Aga) Chadirji.
architect educator Theoretician
Chadirji, Rifat Kamil was born on December 6, 1926 in Baghdad, Iraq. Son of Kamil Rifat and Muniba Asif (Aga) Chadirji.
Diploma in Architecture, Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts, London, 1952.
Founder, director, chairman, Iraq Consult, 1952-1978. Section head Building Department, Waqaf Directory, 1954-1957. Director general Housing Ministry of Planning, Baghdad, 1958-1959.
Counselor to Mayorality Baghdad, 1980-1982. Visiting scholar Grad School Design Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1986, Philosophy of Education Research Center Harvard University, 1986-1989, AgaKhan Program Islamic Architecture Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1986. Visiting research scholar Barklett School Architecture and Planning U. College London, 1989.
Member Mayor's Council, Baghdad, 1958-1961, Iraqi Tourist Board, Baghdad, 1970-1975. Member master jury Aga Khan award for Architecture, 1984. Fellow American Institute Architects (honorary).
Member Royal Institute British Architects(honorary).
Married Balkis Mohammed Sharara, 1954.