Ph.D. Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, USA
M.Sc. Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, USA
M.Sc. Architecture, University of Cincinnati, USA
Bachelor of Architecture, Boston Architectural College, USA

Dr. Elie G. Haddad is the dean of the School of Architecture and Design since Fall 2012. He joined LAU in Fall 1994, as an Assistant Professor in architecture. He served as Chair of the Department of Architecture & Interior Design from 2000 to 2005, and as Assistant Dean in the newly founded School of Architecture & Design from 2009 to 2012.

Besides his administrative and academic duties, Dr. Haddad remains actively involved in research. His research has focused on modern and contemporary architecture. He co-edited A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture (Ashgate, 2014), edited The Contested Territory of Architectural Theory (Routledge, 2022), and published the survey titled Modern Architecture in a Post Modern Era (Lund Humphries, 2023).

Research Interests

Haddad’s research interests include the history and theory of modern architecture, urban planning and urban design in the Arab world, contemporary architecture, and design education.

Some of his research publications are listed on these websites:

Academia:    https://lau.academia.edu/ElieHaddad

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elie-Haddad-14

Select Publications

Modern Architecture in a Post Modern Era. London: Lund Humphries, 2023

The Contested Territory of Architectural Theory. London: Routledge, 2022

Henry van de Velde on Rational Beauty, Empathy and Ornament. London: Cambridge Scholars, 2022

A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture. London: Ashgate, 2014

The Problematics of Modern Architecture. [in Arabic] Beirut: Dar al Farabi, 2014

“Architecture as Exquisite Violence” in Violence and Architecture, Ed. Beshir Kenzari, Actar, 2011

Christian Norberg-Schulz’s Phenomenological Project in Architecture in Architecture Theory Review, 15:1, 2010

Charles Jencks and the Historiography of Post Modernism in Journal of Architecture, v.14, n.14, 2009

Professional Work & Exhibitions

2010-22      Architectural Consultant, Accent Design Group, Beirut, Lebanon

2019           Chair, OEA selection committee for the Venice Biennale-Lebanon Pavilion

2018           Chair, Jury for Arab Architects Awards, Beirut, Lebanon

2016           Jury Member, Arch-Marathon International Competition, Milan, Italy

2010           Jury Member, BLC Bank National Competition, Beirut, Lebanon

2007           Jury Member, Sheikh Zayed National Museum competition, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Awards, Fellowships & Grants

2019           DAAD Research Grant, Munich, Germany

                     Research Topic: The Architectural Legacy of Leo von Klenze

2015            DAAD Research Grant, Frankfurt, Germany

                     Research Topic: Social Housing and the Neue Frankfurt

2012           LAU Research Grant, Berlin, Germany

                     Research Topic: Social Housing in Berlin, 1920-1940

2009           DAAD Research Grant, Berlin, Germany

                   Research Topic: The Architecture of the Luckhardt Brothers