Jamel A. Akbar Professor Courses Taught

M. Arch Thesis Supervision

1984 Ph.D. Architecture, Art and Environmental Studies, M.I.T. Cambridge, USA

1980 M.Arch. Housing Design, M.I.T. Cambridge, USA

1977 B.Arch. King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2000-present Professor, Department of Architecture, Dammam University, Saudi Arabia.

1989-2000 Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, King Faisal University.

1990-1991 Associate Professor (visiting scholar), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

1984-1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, King Faisal University

Administrative Experience:

1996-2000 Chair, Department of Architecture, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.

1986 King Fahd Award for Architectural Research in the Muslim World.

2002 Selected for “One thousand great Asians” published the International Biographical center (IBC), Cambridge, UK.

2007 The First Award of the Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities.

1988 Akbar, Jamel A., Crisis in the Built Environment: the Case of the Muslim City, Concept Media , Singapore,

2008 “Al-Umran wa mo’assasatuh wa al-istidamah” Proceedings of the First Conference of housing organized by Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Program for housing, in collaboration with UN Habitat. Abu Dhabi, 13-15 October (in Arabic).

2008 Akbar “Traditional Muslim Built Environment: an alternative paradigm”. Big Project magazine, Dubai.

2004 “The merits of cities’ locations”. Elsheshtawy, Y. (ed.), Planning Middle Eastern Cities: an urban kaleidoscope in a globalized world”. London, Routledge, 2004. pp.22-28.

2002 “Learning from tradition: land provision and population growth - the case of Saudi Arabia”. Journal of King Saud University. Vol.14, pp. 41-58.

1988 Akbar, J., Architectural Determinism, DAAR, Department of Architecture, King Faisal U., Oct. 1988, V.1., pp. 8-9.

1985 Panel Discussions of Regionalism in Architecture: proceedings of a seminar held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, edited by Robert Powell, pp. 173-4.

1982 Habraken, N. J., Liu, L., and Akbar, J., Thematic Design: Class Notes, Department of Architecture, MIT, 1982.

2010 “Al-Ma‘rifah wa al-turath umrani”. Colloquium of “Hiwar fi ta’sil al-umran” (Dialogue in the authentication of built environment) organized by the Jordanian Engineering Association, Amman, (main speaker, in Arabic)