This is a stunning visual guide to the architecture and life of southern Yemen. Master builders have kept alive techniques and styles practiced for centuries, while adapting them to modern requirements. Their practical value and aesthetic quality is beautifully illustrated in this book.
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The images are sumptuous, dramatic and striking --British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
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SALMA SAMAR DAMLUJI is an architect and specialist in Islamic and vernacular architecture of Arab countries. After studying at both the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the Royal College of Art, London, Dr Damluji also taught at the Royal College of Art as both a Research Fellow and then a Tutor, and later at the Architectural Association School of Architecture.
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- Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States: Renaissance of a Region by Udo Kultermann in Back Matter
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