Khaled Dewidar
Professor and Vice Dean
Deparment of Architecture
British University in Egypt
Egypt
Biography
Dr. Dewidar graduated from the Architectural Engineering department in 1983 from Cairo University, followed by ‎M. Arch. in 1988 from the same school in Architectural Design. In 1990 he was awarded his M.Sc. from the University Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in History and Theories of Architecture. In 1993 he was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in the dialectics between Materials, Structures, Space and Architectural Style. He worked in several research projects and taught several engineering courses during his doctoral studies. He then joined Ain Shams University as a full time architectural staff member. After earning his Professorship Degree in 2003, Dr. Dewidar was awarded a teaching/research grant in 2004 at the University of Pennsylvania where he taught architectural theory and philosophy of technology for one academic year and conducted his research on architecture in the age of information technology.
Research Interest
Dr. Dewidar Main field of interest is theories and history of architecture, philosophy of technology, dialectical relation between materials, structure, space and architectural style, new trends in architectural design, and finally green architecture and Zero emission compositions.
