Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945–1973
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Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945–1973
W038322 | $33.99 / 10% library disc.
George Arbid and Philipp Oswalt. Jovis Verlag, Berlin, 2022. Goethe-Institute.
288 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 28 x 21 cm. In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9783868597233
Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945–1973 is the result of a fascinating investigation by international experts into the influences of modernist architecture in the Arab world. Ten case studies provide the foundation for a thorough exploration of the relevant cultural-historical, sociopolitical, climatic and demographic aspects. Questions concerning the region’s reciprocal relationship with modernist architecture in the period from 1945 to 1973 are investigated through the biographies of selected buildings and building complexes from Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. Texts, contemporary images, architectural drawings and archival material are used to document the process from commissioning and design through to completion and building use.
Subject Headings: Near and Middle East (Western Style) ; Non-Western in a Western Style ; Western Art -- Post-1945 -- Architecture --
W038322 | $33.99 / 10% library disc.
George Arbid and Philipp Oswalt. Jovis Verlag, Berlin, 2022. Goethe-Institute.
288 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 28 x 21 cm. In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9783868597233
Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945–1973 is the result of a fascinating investigation by international experts into the influences of modernist architecture in the Arab world. Ten case studies provide the foundation for a thorough exploration of the relevant cultural-historical, sociopolitical, climatic and demographic aspects. Questions concerning the region’s reciprocal relationship with modernist architecture in the period from 1945 to 1973 are investigated through the biographies of selected buildings and building complexes from Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. Texts, contemporary images, architectural drawings and archival material are used to document the process from commissioning and design through to completion and building use.
Subject Headings: Near and Middle East (Western Style) ; Non-Western in a Western Style ; Western Art -- Post-1945 -- Architecture --
