UAE and the Gulf : architecture and urbanism now / guest-edited by George Katodrytis, Kevin Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katodrytis, George, editor.

Mitchell, Kevin, editor.

Series:

Architectural design (London, England : 1971)

Architectural Design, 0003-8504

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--United Arab Emirates--21st century.

Architecture.

Architecture--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Sussex, England : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the end of the 20th century, Dubai attracted international media attention as the world sought to make sense of the city's extraordinary growth. Exuberant projects such as the Burj Arab, the Burj Khalifa and the Palm Islands attracted investment in dreams to transform the region. While the global financial crisis kept dreams from becoming reality, this issue of AD seeks to present a view of architecture and urbanism in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other states in the wider Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at a time when greater economic stability promises new beginnings. The issue...

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Copyright Page; Editorial: Helen Castle; About the Guest Editors; Introduction: The Gulf Urbanisation; Museum Development in the Gulf: Narrative and Architecture; Qatar Museums: Nation and Identity; The National Museum of Saudi Arabia: an Islamic Centre; Bahrain: Architecture and the Pre-Islamic Past; Abu Dhabi: Architecture and Global Imagining; Museums as Agents of Identity-Making in the Gulf; Cultural Exchange and Urban Appropriation: Spaces for Art in Sharjah's Historical Centre; Coastal Settlement as a Ground for Exchange

Extension of Non-Museum Spaces for Art Reclamation of the Historical Links and Permeability of Art and Culture Programmes; Urban Potentialities; Design for the Future: Educational Institutions in the Gulf; Early Campus Design; Contemporary Approaches to Persistent Challenges; Campus Cities; Future Projects and Prospects; A City for Education; The Insular; The Connected; The Public; The Avant-Garde; Building Foundations; The Evolution of Tall Building in the Gulf: From the Sensational to the Sensitive; Technical Advancements; The Environmentally Progressive

Complex Challenges Broader Consequences; Future Flyovers: Dubai in 1971; Dubai in Question; The 1971 Plan: an Acceptance and a Refutation; Planning by Text; Plan as Image; Let the 1970's Begin; Urban and Architectural Sustainability in the Gulf; Impacts on the Natural Environment; Policy Responses; Urban Design Projects; Observations; Fast Forwards: 10 Years of Sustainable Initiatives in the Gulf Region; Pre-2006; 2006-8; 2008-14; Challenges and Successes; Designs for New Buildings; The Way Forward; Performative Urbanism: An Emerging Model of the Gulf

The Struggle for Integrity: Emerging Local Practices in the Gulf SHAPE; AGi Architects; Counterpoint A Field of Possibilities: The Post-Oil Future of Bahrain; The Past that Made the Present; Scenarios for a Future Without Oil; In Between the Possible and the Plausible; Contributors; EULA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 26, 2015).

ISBN:

9781118759035

1118759036

OCLC:

902851870