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Adli Qudsi (Jul 11, 1940; Jan 21, 2018) was an architect, urban planner, and conservationist who was known on his efforts in the reconstruction and preservation of the Old City of Aleppo, Syria.

Early life
Qudsi was born in Aleppo, Syria, and spent the first 13 years of his life in a courtyard house in the Old City. Qudsi received his degree in Architecture from Washington State University in 1964 and lived in Seattle for several years.

Return to Aleppo and Early Activism
Upon returning to Aleppo in the 1970s, Qudsi found the municipal authorities had adopted a European-inspired Master Plan aiming to widen the roads in the Old City and cut through its fabric, building five-story buildings amidst the two-story neighborhood. Qudsi was determined to stop the bulldozers and, in 1978, with the help of a small group of concerned residents, began lobbying to conserve what remained of one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities. Eventually, the Syrian Ministry of Culture established the Old City as a historical national monument and appointed a Committee for the Conservation of Old Aleppo, of which Qudsi was a member. City officials, however, were still in need of persuasion until, in 1986, Qudsi persuaded UNESCO to declare the 364-hectar area a World Heritage Site, thus putting a stop to the Master Plan and the potential destruction.

Old City Conservation Efforts
After successfully halting the Master Plan, Qudsi dedicated the following 30 years of his live to the reconstruction and preservation of the Old City of Aleppo. He founded Conception and Construction Consultants, a private architecture office which executed projects across the Old City, and was appointed the Aga Khan Trust for Culture representative in Syria in 1999. In 1990, he launched the "Project for the Rehabilitation of the Old City of Aleppo" with the support of the German government (GiZ) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development in Kuwait. In 2007, he created the "Friends of the Citadel of Aleppo" foundation with the aim of supporting the administration, rehabilitation and maintenance of the Aleppo Citadel and its surroundings.

Marriage and children
Qudsi was married and had two daughters.

Death and afterward
Qudsi was killed in a traffic accident in Mersin, Turkey, in January 2018.

Published works
In 1995, he prepared a project paper entitled "Modernization of City Administration: Management, Urban and Environmental Planning" which became the basis of an active EU project to upgrade six major municipalities in Syria.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
Qudsi was awarded the 1998 Associate Laureate, Cultural Heritage Rolex Award for Enterprise in Recognition of his struggle to preserve and rebuild the Old City of Aleppo.