Rasem Badran

Rasem Jamal Badran (; born 1945 in Palestine) is a Saudi Arabian/Jordanian architect of 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 Rasem 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 Co-founder of Dar Al Omran Rasem Badran company (1979) 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) Chair of the Jury member for the 4th Abdullatif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture

Selected projects

Justice Palace in Riyadh Great Mosque of Riyadh and the Old City Center Redevelopment Movenpick Petra Hotel King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives Abu Dhabi Courts Complex Al Bujairi quarter Ministry of Culture Saudi Arabia Quba Mosque expansion project Budour Al Najaf in Iraq

Awards and honours international Academy of Architecture (I.A.A) Career Prize 2025. In 2022 he gained the Saudi Nationality as an honoring for his achievements in the architecture in Saudi Arabia Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1993 to 1995 cycle, for the Great Mosque and the redevelopment of the Qasr al-Hokm district in Riyadh, built for the Arriyadh Development Authority and completed in 1992 2022 – Grand Prix of the International Contextual Architecture Awards in memory of Architect Turgut Cansever, organised by the Kepez Municipality of Antalya with the Antalya branch of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey and endorsed by the International Union of Architects Honorary Ph.D. in Architectural Design from the Jordan University of Science and Technology for his advancement in 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) 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 the enrichment of modern Islamic architecture Tamayouz Lifetime Achievement Award for Architecture, 2019

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