Aleppo’s resurrection
Syria’s Adli Qudsi has struggled to preserve the Old City of his native Aleppo as more than a historic monument. He wants to recapture the intimate way of life that long characterised one of the world’s oldest cities.
"Old cities and their way of life are becoming more and more abandoned almost everywhere else in the Islamic and Arab world. But here [Aleppo] the Old City is still alive.”
Thanks to the efforts of this gifted architect, selected as an Associate Laureate for the Rolex Awards in 1998, Aleppo’s municipal authorities now strongly support the restoration of the Old City, which will one day again become the best place to live in this city of 1.5 million inhabitants.
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Professor Adli Qudsi
Director
Conception & Construction Consultants
P.O.Box 13974
Aleppo
Syrian Arab RepublicTel: + 963 21 2271220
Fax: + 963 21 2271230
Mobile: + 963 944 456709
adli@scs-net.org
