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Designing Modernity : Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973 / edited by George Arbid and Philipp Oswalt.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Islamic countries--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : JOVIS Verlag GmbH, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE. Acquiring and Producing (New) Knowledge. Reflection through Relation and Understanding
- Introduction. Designing Modernity
- Authors
- Morocco
- Sidi Harazem Thermal Bath Complex, 1959-1975 Architect: Jean-Fraṅois Zevaco. A Post-Independence Icon
- Egypt
- Garden Suburbs, Cairo 1940s-1950s Architect: Mahmoud Riad. Early Experiments with Subsidized Housing
- New Gourna Village, 1942-1952 Architect: Hassan Fathy. A Vision of Self-Building
- Nasr City Housing Model 33, Cairo 1959-1960 Architect: Sayed Karim. Raising the Middle Class
- Lebanon
- Electriciť du Liban Headquarters, Beirut 1964-1971 Architect: CETA (Aractingi, Neema, Conan and Nassar). Hope on the Horizon
- Kuwait
- National Museum, Kuwait City 1960-1983 Architect: Michel Ecochard. Cultural Nation Building
- Palestine
- Al Mashrou', Jericho 1949-1967 Architect/ Initiator: Musa Alami/ Arab Development Society. The Farm as Utopian Pedagogy
- Iraq
- Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad 1965-1971 Architect: kahtan Awni. Architecture as Urbanism
- Syria
- Damascus International Fair and its Monument, 1950s-1960s Architects: Nizar Al-Farra et al. A Modern Public City Space
- Jordan
- Al-Hussein Youth City, Amman 1962-1968 Architect: Munce and Kennedy. Sports and Culture for a New Nation
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 06, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Designing Modernity :.
- ISBN:
- 9783868598308
- 3868598308
- Publisher Number:
- 99991461160
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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