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Senan Abdelqader

Senan Abdelqader is an architect and urban planner from Taibe, known for the al-Mashrabiya Building in Jerusalem and his academic work in architecture.

born 1962The al-Mashrabiya Building in JerusalemFounding Senan ArchitectsThe book Architecture of (in)Dependence

Born: 30 November 1962, Taibe
Occupation: architect
Education: University of Kaiserslautern

Senan Abdelqader was born in 1962 in Taibe

Senan Abdelqader was born on 30 November 1962 in Taibe, an Arab town in central Israel. After high school he moved to Germany.

In Germany he began studying civil engineering at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. He then switched to architecture at the University of Kaiserslautern.

He founded his firm, Senan Architects, in 1995 and opened an office in Jaffa in 2015. His projects include the al-Mashrabiya Building in southern Jerusalem, completed in 2012, which reinterprets elements of traditional Arab architecture. In 2007 he took part in the São Paulo Biennale and published his book Architecture of (in)Dependence.

He taught at Tel Aviv University from 1998 and founded a research unit at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 2006. In 2011 he became a guest professor at the Dessau Institute of Architecture in Germany. In 2016 the Council for Higher Education granted him the rank of professor, and in 2018 he founded the Institute for the Study of Arab Culture in Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.

Milestones in Senan Abdelqader's life

1962
Born in Taibe.
1995
Founded the firm Senan Architects.
1998
Began teaching at Tel Aviv University.
2006
Founded a research unit at the Bezalel Academy.
2007
Took part in the São Paulo Biennale and published a book.
2011
Became a guest professor in Dessau, Germany.
2012
Completed the al-Mashrabiya Building in Jerusalem.
2015
Opened an office in Jaffa.
2016
Received the rank of professor from the Council for Higher Education.
2018
Founded an institute for the study of Arab culture in art and architecture.