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Practice experience includes
Cortlandt Medical Center New York, Eco Maya Condominiums in Mexico, Altos Escondidos Eco Development in Panama, Aleid Eco Resort in Saudi Arabia, World Bank HQ, Hilton, Hyatt Regency and Kimpton Hotels; Rasika, Bibiana, Bombay Club and Ardeo Restaurants; the Washington
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in 2003 and introduced the first course in sustainability on campus. Raj served as
Professor of Practice in the School of Architecture & Planning from 2007 to 2012. Raj taught at the University of the District of Columbia from 2017 to 2020 with the express purpose of helping the Master of
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Raj's career as an educator began at the
University of Kansas in 1975 where he served as an assistant professor until 1979. He then served as Director and Tenured associate professor of the Florida Architecture Center in Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1984.
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General Hospital in the United Kingdom in 1972. He joined Llewelyn-Davies Associates in 1973 and worked on The Military Hospital in Baghdad, the Doha Hotel in Qatar, and the Manama Conference Center in Bahrein.
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