David Rifkind

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Associate Professor
Affiliation	Florida International University
Email	david.rifkind@fiu.edu
Countries of Specialization	Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Italy
Education	PhD, Columbia University, 2007 MArch, McGill University, 1997 BArch, Boston Architectural Center, 1992
Research Interests	modern architecture and urbanism in East Africa
Teaching Interests	architectural history, theory and design
Publications	David Rifkind, The Battle for Modernism: Quadrante and the Politicization of Architectural Discourse in Fascist Italy (Centro Internazionale di Architettura di Andrea Palladio and Marsilio Editori, 2012). Elie Haddad and David Rifkind, eds., A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture, 1960-2010 (Ashgate, 2014). David Rifkind, "Gondar. Architecture and Urbanism for Italy’s Fascist Empire," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (December 2011), 492-511. David Rifkind, "Misprision of Precedent: Design as Creative Misreading," Journal of Architectural Education, v.64 n.2 (March 2011), 66-75.
Keywords	modern architecture, urbanism, colonialism, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Italy