H. H. Hamood Villa
Location
Baghdad
Baghdad
Country
Iraq
Iraq
Architect/Engineer/Team
Rifat Chadirji
Rifat Chadirji
Construction
1972/1977
1972/1977
Project Status
Built
Built
Building Type
House
House
Notes
Chadirji tried to be modern and use modern techniques yet at the same time to give tribute to the local culture and be site-specific. In the villa, he used local motifs that were translated in a contemporary approach such as the mudhifs of old Mesopotamia.
Sources
World Architecture A Critical Mosaic, Middle East, Vol. 5, p. XXX
Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States (Kultermann), pp. 38-39
Khaled Sultany; Caecilia Pieri
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Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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View 1992
Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture
© Aga Khan Award for Architecture