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Rifat Chadirji is an architect and author. He is founder of the architectural firm Iraq Consult and was its president from 1952 to 1978. Iraq Consult practiced basically in Iraq, and was a center of research and development in architecture. He has dedicated his efforts to research and writing since 1983. His designs and writings represent some of the most serious efforts that aim at finding a synthesis between modernity and regionalism in architecture. He has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the American Institute of Architects, and a recipient of the Chairman`s Award of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He is presently the Chairman of Chadirji Research Centre, where he conducts his research work. His publications are primarily in Arabic and include al-Ukhaidar and the Crystal Palace {1991}, A Dialogue on the Structure of Art and Architecture {1995}, and numerous articles in major Arabic periodicals.