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Ellen Jawdat Al Ayoubi
1921 -
Nationality
United States

Education
Harvard University

Degree
M.Arch
Work
StartEndBuildingLocationCountry
1948Red Crescent Orphanage for GirlsBaghdadIraq
19541956American High School for Girls in BaghdadBaghdadIraq
Number of published projects in the database: 2
Notes
She’s an American born architect married to Iraqi architect Nizar Ali Jawdat Al-Ayoubi and was therefore known as Ellen Jawdat Al-Ayoubi. She graduated with a Bachelor’s in Arts from Vassar College in 1942 and then gained her Masters in Architecture from Harvard University. After marrying Nizar Ali Jawdat, she went back to Iraq where she designed several of her buildings one of which was the Americal High School for Girls in Baghdad in 1956.
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