Mohammad Awni Rasha Al-Tai, born in Iraq in 1945 and attended the elite Baghdad College in the 1950s. He is recorded completing the Iraqi Baccalaureate before continuing his studies at Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge, UK, by 1962. In 1964 he applied to study at the Architectural Association, in London, entering the five-year Diploma course in September 1964, with funding from the Iraqi government. Following his second year at the AA, Al-Tai took a year out to gain experience of practice, working for the Architect’s Department at Hillingdon County Council, London. In the summer following completion of his fourth year (1969), Al-Tai then worked for the practice of John Poulson. For his final year of the Diploma course, in 1970-71, Al-Tai elected to study with the AA’s Department of Development and Tropical Studies, where his assigned tutor was Pat Wakely. His studies were successful and he graduated with an AA Diploma in 1971. Details regarding his career, following graduation, are not yet known to us but he appears to have been working as an architectural consultant in Kuwait in the early 2000s.

Sources

• Architectural Association Student Register, 1970-1971. AA Archives
• Architectural Association Registrar Student Records, 1964-1971. AA Archives
• ‘Muhammed Awni Altai’ Facebook page, accessed 12th Jan. 2026:  https://www.facebook.com/muhammed.awnialtai