Jamel A. Akbar
Professor
Courses Taught:
M. Arch Thesis Supervision
Educational Credentials:
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
Teaching Experience:
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.
Selected Awards / Honors:
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.
Books
1988 Akbar, Jamel A., Crisis in the Built Environment: the Case of the Muslim City, Concept Media , Singapore,
Selected Publications and Recent Research:
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.
Conferences and Seminars
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)
2010 “Al-Turath wa al-ma‘rifah al-umrania”. First International Conference for Architectural Heritage in the Islamic world, Higher Commission for Tourism, Riyadh, 2010. (keynote speaker)
2009 “Damage, prosperity and sustainability in Islam” paper presented in the international symposium of “The City and Civilization” organized by the Municipality of Corum, Turkey, 2009 (invited speaker).
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