Architect 03 / 10
Mohamed Saleh Makiya
Role
Founder of the first architecture department at the University of Baghdad
In brief
Architect and academic (Liverpool, then a Cambridge doctorate), whose approach joins Islamic elements and Arabic calligraphy to modern architecture. His works include the Khulafa Mosque in Baghdad and the Grand Mosque of Kuwait.
In the documentary series22. Mohamed Saleh MakiyaFounder of Iraq’s first architecture department