Intervention architecture : building for change / with an introduction by Homi K. Bhabha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern.

Architectural practice--Awards--Islamic countries.

Architectural practice.

Architectural practice--Awards.

Islamic countries.

Penn Provenance:

Venturi, Robert; Brown, Denise Scott

Physical Description:

191 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : I.B. Tauris, 2007.

Summary:

"Since its inception in 1977, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has recognised almost 100 projects that have set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning, conservation and landscape design. To mark the 30th year of the award, this publication includes a historical overview of winning projects, seminars and events through the years. Each of the projects selected in this 10th cycle of the award is illustrated through detailed drawings, specially commissioned photographs and concise descriptions. An introductory essay by Homi K. Bhabha is accompanied by a discussion of architecture for a changing world, with contributions from Omar Akbar, Homa Farjadi, Sahel Al-Hiyari, Shirazeh Houshiary, Mohsen Mostafavi, Farshid Moussavi, Modjtaba Sadria, Brigitte Shim, Billie Tsien and Kenneth Yeang."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Architecture and Thought / Homi K. Bhabha

Buildings for Change

Statement of the Master Jury

Samir Kassir Square, Beirut, Lebanon

Rehabilitation of the City of Shibam, Wadi Hadhramaut, Yemen

Central Market, Koudougou, Burkina Faso

University of Technology Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Malaysia

Restoration of Amiriya Complex, Rada,Yemen

Moulmein Rise Residential Tower, Singapore

Royal Netherlands Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Rehabilitation of the Walled City, Nicosia, Cyprus

School in Rudrapur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Ideas for Change

Ecological Urbanism / Mohsen Mostafavi

Hybrid Identities / Farshid Moussavi

The Memory of a City /The City as a Repository for Memories / Omar Akbar

Many Modernities / Modjtaba Sadria

Afterward / Billie Tsien

Thoughts about the Award Process / Brigitte Shim

Architecture Retimed / Homa Farjadi

Highlighting a Cross-Section / Sahel Al-Hiyari

Sustainability / Kenneth Yeang

Beauty is Truth / Shirazeh Houshiary

Award in Context

Retrospective 1977-2007

2007 Award Steering Committee

2007 Master Jury

2007 Project Reviewers.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

ISBN:

9781845116736

1845116739

OCLC:

968523779