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Dato’ Ar. Haji Hajeedar Abdul Majid
Hajeedar and Associates Sdn. Bhd
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Dato’ Ar. Haji Hajeedar Abdul Majid, a graduate of Portsmouth Polytechnic, United Kingdom in 1972 in Architecture, started his architectural profession in Brighton, U.K before joining Urban Development Authority (UDA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Architect and ending as Deputy Director.
Dato’ Ar. Hajeedar established his firm, Hajeedar and Associates Sdn. Bhd in 1978 in Kuala Lumpur, and has successfully tackled several challenging building projects from mosques, conservation of historical buildings, institutions and commercial projects.
Dato’ Hajeedar’s contributed to the inclusion of a conservation chapter in Kuala Lumpur 1st Structure Plan; his conservation and restoration works on Industrial Courts, Infokraf Centre, Kuala Lumpur Museum; conservation and re-adaptation work on Carcosa Seri Negara, commercial projects such as the high rise office buildings for Development Bank, MNI Twin Tower, Telekom Regional Office, PNB Service Apartments and the Tabung Haji Building in Ipoh. Religious projects include the Abu Bakar As –Siddiq mosque in Bangsar, the IIUM Mosque in the Gombak Campus; the SAAS mosque in Petaling Jaya, Putrajaya Musollas in Precinct 8 and 9 and Islamic Centre and National Mosque in Republic of Maldives.
Dato’ Ar. Hajeedar is an active member of the Institute of Malaysian Architects (PAM), he was President of PAM (1985-87), he was also involved in the initiative for Aga Khan Foundation For Islamic Architecture in 1980 and the Architect advisor to Kuala Lumpur City Hall for 11 years. For his conservation and restoration works, he was awarded the Penguin Prize by the Norwegian Government in 1985. He has been conferred Datukship from Selangor (2009) & Negeri Sembilan (2015) and received the PAM Gold Medal Award in 2012.
Prof. Dr. Ä°brahim Numan
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design,
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University,
Ä°stanbul, Turkey.
Prof. Dr. Ä°brahim Numan received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in architecture from Middle East Technical University and the Ph.D degree from Ankara University in 1982. Professor Numan was on the faculty of the Gazi University, Umm Al-Qura University in KSA, East Mediterranean University and Bilgi University. He previously served for two years as the vice-chair of the Department of Architecture at Gazi University, for eleven years as the founder dean of East Mediterranean University and Rector’s Adviser at Bilgi University.
He has lectured on History and Theory of Islamic Architecture, Theory and Process of Design, Design Studio, Issues in Conservation of Historic Monuments. His research interest includes Islamic Architecture, Turkish Architecture, Vernacular Architecture, issues in historic conservation. His research and consulting are extensive, diverse and international in scope, including subjects dealing with matters of cultural interpretation and design, as well as the relationship of urban form to issues of historic conservation.
He published more than 50 papers, book chapters and co-authored books, served on the editorial board of Open House International, İlmi Araştırmalar Dergisi. Professor Numan currently holds the Chair of the Department of Architecture in Fatih Sultan Mehmet Waqf University, İstanbul, Turkey and is the Director of Graduate Institute of Engineering and Science at the same university since 2010.