Personal Information

• Born 1945, Palestine
• Nationality Jordan

Education

• Bachelor -Darmstadt University of Technology,College of Architecture, West Germany  1970

Positions & 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 & Honors 

• 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

Reference

• The Architecture of Rasem Badran Time & Hudson 2005
• World Architecture Community
• Wikipedia