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“Modernity has to grow from the place, not be imported to it.”
— Rifat Chadirji
Office · Residential · Interior · Commercial · Visualisation · Heritage · Duhok
BSc Architecture · University of Duhok · 2019
Verified since 2026-09
“Good architecture is quiet. It works for a hundred years without asking for attention.”
I'm an architect based in Duhok and the founder of ANKIDA, a studio that designs for the way we actually live in Kurdistan — hot summers, cold mountain winters, family courtyards, and hospitality at the centre of the plan. I work across residential, interior and visualisation, from first sketch to a set your contractor can build from. I believe good architecture here should grow from the place, not be imported to it.
Concept & plans
From $4/m² 2 weeks
Site visit, brief, two concept options, developed floor plans, one revision round.
Plans & elevations
From $6/m² 2 weeks
Floor plans, all elevations, two sections, roof plan, door/window schedule, municipality submission set.
Full architecture package
From $10/m² 3–4 weeks
Complete design and construction set: plans, elevations, sections, details, material and finish specifications, 3D exterior views, coordination with your structural engineer.
Architecture + interior package
From $14/m² 6–8 weeks
Complete architecture set plus interior layouts, ceiling and lighting plans, joinery drawings, material boards, furniture list, 3D interior views.
Interior design
From $9/m² 3–4 weeks
For an existing shell: layouts, ceiling and lighting plans, joinery drawings, materials, furniture, 3D interior views.
3D visualisation
From $120/view 5–7 days
Photorealistic exterior or interior render from your drawings, revisions included. Animation on request.
Site supervision
From $250/visit during construction
Tuscan Villa
villa · Amedi · 2026 · 250 m²
Under constructionDesign + supervision
A Mediterranean idea, tested by Kurdish winter.
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Site inspection, contractor coordination, checking work against the drawings, written report after each visit. Monthly retainer available.
Consultation
From $100/hour 1 hour
Plot assessment, buying advice, or a second opinion on drawings — online or in the studio.
Archaeology of the Future
cultural · Erbil · 2025 · 14000 m²
ConceptDesign
We didn't bury the past. We're still excavating it. A Mesopotamian heritage museum where artifacts don't sit behind glass — they hang mid-air on light, still being lifted from the ground they came from. Robotic arms restore in full view. Ancient stone sits load-bearing inside walls that read unmista
A studio between two skies.
retail · New York · 2026 · 400 m²
ConceptDesign
ANKIDA's first Manhattan concept. A stone that learns to flow — cast against the brick, the fire escapes, the water towers of downtown New York.
The mountain outside. The warmth within.
interior · Amedi · 2025 · 200 m²
ConceptDesign
A winter retreat in Amedi — where floor-to-ceiling glass frames the snow-laden pines, and every room turns toward the fire. Wood, wool, and candlelight against the cold outside. This is what living at 1,200 meters can feel like when the architecture works with the season, not against it.
The mountain remembers everything.
other · Amedi · 2026 · 100 m²
ConceptDesign
A cultural heritage museum, carved into the cliff face beneath Amedi's ancient plateau town. The roof continues as a living landscape — walk across it and you'd barely know a building exists below. Only a single band of warm limestone and glass, cut into the rock, reveals its presence. Inside, artif
Lapis Art Center
other · Erbil · 2026 · 18000 m²
ConceptDesign
Every room rehearses something. A performing arts center wrapped in lapis, where the building itself performs before the curtain ever rises.