Salma Samar Damluji

Salma Samar Damluji
Born
NationalityIraqi, British
OccupationArchitect
AwardsMédaille de la Restauration, French Academy of Architecture, 2015 (Paris) and Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2012 (Paris), The Locus Foundation
ProjectsMasjid al Faqih in Aynat, Wadi Hadramut; Masna‘at ‘Urah and Qarn Majid in Wadi Daw‘an; Shaklanza Mosque in al Shihr, Hadramut Governorate, Yemen

Salma Samar Damluji (born 1954) is a Lebanon-born architect, professor and author based between London and the Middle East. She worked with the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy in Cairo, in 1975-6 and in 1984–5. She was appointed architectural advisor to the UAE minister Shaykh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2001–2004 on the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and other projects in Abu Dhabi. In 2008, she established the Daw'an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation[1] in Hadramaut, with colleagues in Yemen and has been working there on earth construction and rehabilitation projects.

  1. ^ "Daw'an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation". www.dawanarchitecturefoundation.org. Retrieved 2 October 2020.