TY - JOUR AU - Pieri, Caecilia PY - 2014/03/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Rifat Chadirji’s Work Building Modern Iraqi Identity and Hadara JF - Kufa Review (Discontinued) JA - Kufa Rev VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - English Section DO - UR - https://journal.uokufa.edu.iq/index.php/Kufa_Review/article/view/4520 SP - AB - <p>Architecture as a dialectic<br />Rifat Chadirji is considered to be one of the major XXth<br />century Iraqi architects, not only through his realizations but<br />also through the considerable bulk of his work in the fields of<br />architectural practice, theory, teaching and photography. He<br />belongs to the second generation of Iraqi architects who studied<br />abroad and returned just after graduating, in order to build a<br />modern country.(1)<br />At that time Iraq was implementing an ambitious modernist<br />development which it could afford given the booming oil<br />revenues. As of 1952 Rifat Chadirji was to take part actively<br />in the renewal and redefinition of architectural practices, aims<br />and spirit, by playing a prominent role in several concomitant<br />fields: as an advisor in the Ministry of Public Works he became<br />familiar with construction policies and strategies; as the founder<br />of his own private company, Iraq Consult, he could use the<br />opportunities given by private commissions to freely express<br />formal experimentations; as belonging to a prominent family of<br />political leaders and intellectuals, he was in close touch and<br />permanent dialogue with artists, writers and academics.</p> ER -