Essays, arguments & interviews on Modern architecture Kuwait / edited by Ricardo Camacho, Sara Saragoça, Roberto Fabbri ; contributors, Adel Albloushi [and 25 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albloushi, Adel, 1985- author.

Contributor:

Fabbri, Roberto, editor.

Saragoça, Sara, 1975- editor.

Camacho, Ricardo, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Kuwait--20th century.

Architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Kuwait.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Essays, arguments and interviews on Modern architecture Kuwait

Modern architecture Kuwait, essays, arguments & interviews

Place of Publication:

Salenstein, Switzerland : Niggli, imprint of Braun Publishing AG, 2018.

Summary:

"Published in 2016, Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949-1989 is the first systematic analysis of Kuwait's building production. This second volume collects essays, arguments, and interviews that focus on the role of individuals and corporations in the process of perceiving, transforming, and building the modern state of Kuwait. The post-WWII environment along with political and artistic solidarity in the emerging Arab World promoted an exchange of ideas and individuals throughout the region. This edited collection uncovers the regional context that established the modern practice of architecture and planning between the 1940s and 1980s. The editors of "Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949-1989" selected a diverse group of contributors from both Kuwait and abroad to produce expertly researched and crafted essays and arguments. The interviews conducted by the editors between 2012 and 2016 appear as transcripts, while other relevant published materials produced in or on Kuwait from 1949 until 1989 are also featured. In their own essays, the editors explore broader topics such as the political and socio-economic process of modernisation in the country, the educational and professional establishment of the architectural practice in the region, and the development of a contemporary construction industry in Kuwait. Also, the volume's introduction includes an atlas that traces the movement of architects, planners, and projects for and from Kuwait, mapping a series of unprecedented reciprocities between geographical, economic, political, and social realities in the Arab World. The second collection expands far beyond the first volume, challenging different narratives while also connecting divergent spheres to offer readers a critical look at a local perspective based on a regional context"--Back cover.

Contents:

Atlas and introduction

Old walls and new streets: modernity, global capital and orientalism in Kuwait's urbanisation history / essay by Marisa Baptista

Transcript from Destruction of the Middle East? / by Karim Jamal

To whom are we giving custory of our modern architecture heritage? / argument by Adel Albloushi

The Pietilä Kuwait buildings revisited / argument by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

Transcript from Sunshine and the rule of law / by Anthony Blee, Lynda Relph-Knight

Towards a critique of a Kuwait nahdha: Al-'Imara al-Haditha and the competing narratives on architecture and urban modernity / essay by Asseel al-Ragam

Interview with Sabah al-Rayes

The boom / argument by Naji Moujaes

Interview with Maath Alousi

The making of an Arab architect / essay by Ricardo Camacho

Interview with Charles Haddad

Sharing and building modernities: Egyptian architects in Kuwait, 1950s-1990s / essay by Manar Moursi

My professional experience in Kuwait, 1980-1986 / argument by Ismail Rifaat

Mobilities of architecture in the Global Cold War: from socialist Poland to Kuwait and back / essay by Łukasz Stanek

A series of short interviews with: Stig Egnell, Hisham Munir, Ala Hason, Saad al-Zubaidi, Abdulaziz Sultan

Souq brutal: Kuwait's modernity and the new Souqs / essay by Sara Saragoça Soares

Interview with Edward Nilsson

Speculations: U.S. architects and modernisation in Kuwait / essay by Michael Kubo

Interview with Sabah Abi-Hanna

The role of Franco Albini in Kuwait / argument by Claudia Cagneschi & Enrico Mambelli

Prototyping spaces for education: pedagogy, school planning, standarisation, and prefabrication in Kuwait's drive to modernity / essay by Roberto Fabbri

Transcript from Kuwait National Competition entry 1960 / by Zdravko Bregovac

Utopian dreams in the making of Kuwait: from sand and mud to grass and concrete / essay by Dalal M. Alsayer

Transcript from Kuwait National Museum Competition entry 1960 / by Affonso Eduardo Reidy

The evolutionary identity: at the occasion of Um Qasaba Waterfront by Doxiadis Associates / essay by Yannis Kitanis.

Notes:

"Published in 2016, Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949-1989 is the first systematic analysis of Kuwait's building production. This second volume collects essays, arguments, and interviews that focus on the role of individuals and corporations in the process of perceiving, transforming, and building the modern state of Kuwait. The post-WWII environment along with political and artistic solidarity in the emerging Arab World promoted an exchange of ideas and individuals throughout the region. This edited collection uncovers the regional context that established the modern practice of architecture and planning between the 1940s and 1980s. The editors of "Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949-1989" selected a diverse group of contributors from both Kuwait and abroad to produce expertly researched and crafted essays and arguments. The interviews conducted by the editors between 2012 and 2016 appear as transcripts, while other relevant published materials produced in or on Kuwait from 1949 until 1989 are also featured. In their own essays, the editors explore broader topics such as the political and socio-economic process of modernisation in the country, the educational and professional establishment of the architectural practice in the region, and the development of a contemporary construction industry in Kuwait. Also, the volume's introduction includes an atlas that traces the movement of architects, planners, and projects for and from Kuwait, mapping a series of unprecedented reciprocities between geographical, economic, political, and social realities in the Arab World. The second collection expands far beyond the first volume, challenging different narratives while also connecting divergent spheres to offer readers a critical look at a local perspective based on a regional context"--Page [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-245).

ISBN:

9783721209587

3721209583

OCLC:

1013720379