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Designing modernity : architecture in the Arab world 1945-1973 / edited by George Arbid and Philipp Oswalt.
LIBRA NA1465.3 .D47 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Arab countries--History.
- Architecture.
- Islamic architecture.
- Architecture, Modern--20th century.
- Architecture, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 285 pages : many illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Jovis, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Parallel texts in English and Arabic.
- Summary:
- "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"--publisher's description.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783868597233
- 3868597239
- OCLC:
- 1333179537
- Publisher Number:
- 9783868597233
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