Noor Cholis Idham is a Full-time Professor in the Department of Architecture Universitas Islam Indonesia Yogyakarta Indonesia, where he has been a faculty member since 1996. He is currently the Head of the Department and has successfully brought them as one of the well-known architecture schools in Indonesia.

He completed his PhD and Master at Eastern Mediterranean University and took undergraduate studies at the university where he is teaching now. Interrelated to his research focus on architecture and building safety and vernacular and tropical architecture, he is an author of numerous books and papers on building safety and earthquake, tropical comfort, building structural system, and Islamic architecture. In lecturing, he is the instructor of Architecture and Structural System; Building Safety; and Architectural Design Studios for the undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional programs. Besides doing academic works, he is furthermore a registered architect and an active official member of the Indonesian Institute of Architects (IAI). He has also involved in some prestigious design projects in Indonesia. Nevertheless, Prof. Idham actives in many national design competitions, and some have come out as winners.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

• Noor Cholis Idham (2020), Arsitektur Kubah dan Konfigurasinya, Penerbit Selaras 1, xviii + 98, ISBN: 978-602-6228-88-8
• Noor Cholis Idham & Barito Rito (2020), “Riverbank Slums, Kampong Organisations, and Sustainabili- ty Issues of Urban Landscapes: The Case of Code Settlements Yogyakarta, Indonesia,” Zukunftsfähige Perspektiven in der Landschaftsarchitektur für Gartenstädte, Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 199-220
• Noor Cholis Idham, F Wijaya, M Jannah, MI Hernata, MI Zaky, MY Syaifullah (2019), “Ottoman Mosques Journal, Amazing Great Mosques in Classical Turkey,” Penerbit Graha Ilmu, ISBN: 978-623-228-007-6
• Noor Cholis Idham (2017), “Arsitektur Abad Kejayaan”, Penerbit Trans Tekno, Yogyakarta, ISBN: 978-602-61639-2-2
• Noor Cholis Idham (2015), “Arsitektur dan Kenyamanan Termal”, Penerbit Andi, Yogyakarta, ISBN: 978-979-29-5210-0
• Noor Cholis Idham (2014), “Prinsip-Prinsip Desain Arsitektur Tahan Gempa”, Penerbit Andi, Yogyakarta 2013, ISBN : 978-979-29-5086-1
• Noor Cholis Idham (2013), “Merancang Bangunan Gedung Bertingkat Rendah”, Graha Ilmu, Yogyakarta 2013, ISBN : 978-979-756-994-5