Rasem Badran

Rasem Badran
Born	1945 Jerusalem
Nationality	Jordan
Alma mater	Technische Universität Darmstadt
Occupation	Architect

Rasem Jamal Badran (born 1945 in Jerusalem), a Jordanian architect from a Palestinian descent whose works are based on a methodological approach in defining Architecture as a continuous dialogue between contemporary needs and historical inherited cultural values.

Education

Badran received his early education in Ramallah. In 1970 Badran graduated with a degree in Architecture from Technische Universität Darmstadt (Darmstadt University of Technology) in former West Germany.

Positions and roles

• Badran is a permanent member in the Academic Council for the international Academy of Architecture (I.A.A) in Sophia
• Member of the Greater Amman Municipality (2007)
• Design advisory board member in Moutamarat – International Design Initiative (2007)
• Member of the Dubai Municipality "Dubai International Awards for Best Practices" (2006)
• Member of the International Jury of the ARCASIA Award for Architecture which was held in Dhaka – Bangladesh (2003)
• Member of the International Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1998)
• Member of the International Jury of the Governor-General's award for architecture, Kingston, Jamaica (1992)
• Member of the Master Jury committee for the Arab Towns Organization prizes (1985)
• Member of International Jury for planning and urban development in the old area of "Bab-Al Sheikh" in Baghdad - Iraq (1981)

Awards and honours

• Honorary PHD in Architectural Design from the Jordan University of Science and Technology for his advancement of Architectural Theory and Practice
• Palestine Award for Architecture
• First Arab Architect Award which was announced by the Arab Housing Ministers of the Arab League in Cairo - Egypt (1997)
• The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, received for the design of the Grand Mosque of Riyadh and redevelopment of Riyadh Old City Center (1995)
• Arab Architecture Award received in Morocco at the general conference of the Arab Towns Organization (1990)
• Winner of the Museum of Islamic Art international competition in Doha-Qatar which was sponsored by Aga Khan - Geneva Office in cooperation with the government of Qatar
• Winner of Sidon Seafront development Competition in Lebanon
• Won the first prize (Elementa 72) in the international competition for the design of limited income housing sponsored by the Ministry of Housing in Bonn, West Germany
• "Al Hussein Medal for Distinguished Performance of the First Order" For his great distinguished efforts in enrichment of modern Islamic architecture

Publications

• "The Architecture of Rasem Badran: Narratives on People and Place", James Steele (Author), Thames & Hudson (Publisher), ISBN 0-500-34206-7, 2005

References

• The Architecture of Rasem Badra Times & Hudson 2005
• World Architecture Community

External links

• Official website