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Udo Kultermann's Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States couples case studies with over 100 never-before-seen illustrations to chronicle modern architectural developments in each Arab nation. From government offices and public spaces, to houses of education and religion, the featured examples include designs for both commercial and private clients. The book also explores the unlikely collaboration between large foreign architectural firms and their smaller, yet essential, Arab counterparts and highlights the cultural self-examination that occurs while redesigning ancient cities to coincide with modern needs.
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The first comprehensive reference on the modern architecture of the Middle East. In the 1960s, the Middle East discovered oil, and the economic and cultural impact of that discovery has caused a building boom unparalleled elsewhere in the world at any time in history. The vitality of the region is evidenced by an architectural style that, unlimited by monetary constraints, is opulent, and yet somehow manages to handle the extremes of climate and tradition successfully. This juxtaposition has remained largely undocumented, and no architectural study of the entire area has been attempted until now. McGraw-Hill's World Architecture series offers this groundbreaking resource, Udo Kultermann's Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States .Coupling case studies with over 100 never-before-seen illustrations, this volume chronicles modern architectural developments in the nations of Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Sudan. All types of buildings are discussed--from government offices and public spaces, to houses of education and religion. The featured examples include designs for both commercial and private clients. Beyond its value as a study of contemporary architecture, the book examines the implications of the region's new-found wealth, addresses the cultural and climatic parameters within which the buildings were designed, and explores the unlikely collaboration between large foreign architectural firms and their smaller, yet essential, Arab counterparts. Further, it discusses the cultural self-examination that must be undergone in redesigning ancient cities to coincide with modern needs.
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Udo Kultermann's Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States couples case studies with over 100 never-before-seen illustrations to chronicle modern architectural developments in each Arab nation. From government offices and public spaces, to houses of education and religion, the featured examples include designs for both commercial and private clients. The book also explores the unlikely collaboration between large foreign architectural firms and their smaller, yet essential, Arab counterparts and highlights the cultural self-examination that occurs while redesigning ancient cities to coincide with modern needs.
From the Back Cover
The first comprehensive reference on the modern architecture of the Middle East. In the 1960s, the Middle East discovered oil, and the economic and cultural impact of that discovery has caused a building boom unparalleled elsewhere in the world at any time in history. The vitality of the region is evidenced by an architectural style that, unlimited by monetary constraints, is opulent, and yet somehow manages to handle the extremes of climate and tradition successfully. This juxtaposition has remained largely undocumented, and no architectural study of the entire area has been attempted until now. McGraw-Hill's World Architecture series offers this groundbreaking resource, Udo Kultermann's Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States .Coupling case studies with over 100 never-before-seen illustrations, this volume chronicles modern architectural developments in the nations of Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Sudan. All types of buildings are discussed--from government offices and public spaces, to houses of education and religion. The featured examples include designs for both commercial and private clients. Beyond its value as a study of contemporary architecture, the book examines the implications of the region's new-found wealth, addresses the cultural and climatic parameters within which the buildings were designed, and explores the unlikely collaboration between large foreign architectural firms and their smaller, yet essential, Arab counterparts. Further, it discusses the cultural self-examination that must be undergone in redesigning ancient cities to coincide with modern needs.
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Contemporary architecture in the Arab states has never been investigated in its entirely; its significance, therefore, remains unknown. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Saudi Arabia, Hassan Fathy, Abu Dhabi, Kenzo Tange, United Arab Emirates, The Architects Collaborative, Kisho Kurokawa, Mohamed Saleh Makiya, United States, Jafar Tukan, Rasem Badran, Ottoman Empire, Beeah Group Consultants, Abdel Wahed, Paolo Portoghesi, World War, American University, Architects Co-Partnership, Georges Candilis, Hans Munk Hansen, King Saud University, Ricardo Bofill, Rifat Chadirji, University of Qatar, Yarmouk University New!
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Contemporary architecture in the Arab states has never been investigated in its entirely; its significance, therefore, remains unknown. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Saudi Arabia, Hassan Fathy, Abu Dhabi, Kenzo Tange, United Arab Emirates, The Architects Collaborative, Kisho Kurokawa, Mohamed Saleh Makiya, United States, Jafar Tukan, Rasem Badran, Ottoman Empire, Beeah Group Consultants, Abdel Wahed, Paolo Portoghesi, World War, American University, Architects Co-Partnership, Georges Candilis, Hans Munk Hansen, King Saud University, Ricardo Bofill, Rifat Chadirji, University of Qatar, Yarmouk University New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Saudi Arabia (Creation of the Modern Middle East) by Heather Lehr Wagner on 10 pages
- Concepts and Influences by Chadirji, Rifat Chadirji on 4 pages
- New Directions in African Architecture by Udo Kultermann on 4 pages
- Post-Islamic Classicism: A Visual Essay by Kanan Makiya in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Franco Albini, 1930-1970 by Franco Albini on page 131, page 132, and Back Matter
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- New Architecture and Technology by Gyula Sebestyen on page 30