Architecture in Context – Designing in the Middle East
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-119-17312-0 (ISBN)
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presenting a practical overview of architectural know-how in the Middle East, and its potential for cultivating a sense of place
introducing local architectural vocabularies and styles, and how they can still be reactivated in contemporary design
exploring the cultural and contextual meaning of forms as references that may influence contemporary architecture
discussing important discourses and trends in architecture that allow a rethinking of the current global/local dichotomy.
Highly illustrated, the book covers architecture and design in North Africa, the Levant, the Gulf, and Turkey, Iran and Iraq.
Hassan Radoine is an architecture curator, critic, educator, author and consultant. He is currently the Director of the Ecole Nationale d'Architecture (Morocco), and was previously the Head of the Architecture Department at the University of Sharjah (UAE). He received his first Architect Professional Diploma from the Ecole Nationale d'Architecture. A Fulbright Scholar, he completed his MSc and PhD in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and as a Prince of Wales Scholar he also earned a second Master's degree from the University of Wales, UK. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, University of Sharjah, American University of Sharjah, and Al Akhawayn University, and worked as an international expert for UNESCO, UN, UN-Habitat, ICCROM, MCC, and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. A contributor to several journals and books, his research and practice explores architecture and urbanism in the Middle East and North Africa region.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.5.2017 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 250 mm |
| Gewicht | 666 g |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Architektur |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-17312-4 / 1119173124 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-17312-0 / 9781119173120 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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