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Building Sharjah / / Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi , and Todd Reisz
| Building Sharjah / / Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi , and Todd Reisz |
| Edizione | [27 x 18] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland : , : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina | 720.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Architecture - History
Buildings |
| ISBN | 3-0356-2277-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- THE LONGEST NIGHTS WITH JOY ARE SHORT -- WRITING SHARJAH’S LANDSCAPE -- SHARJAH: SNAPSHOTS OF AN EMIRATE IN THE NASCENT UNION OF THE ARABIAN GULF -- PERFORMING MODERNITY AT THE CENTRAL SOUK -- UNRAVELED: MAKING BUILDING SHARJAH -- SCHOOLS FOR THE ARAB HOMELAND: KUWAIT’S EDUCATIONAL MISSION IN SHARJAH -- LAND, HOUSES, AND HOMES: A PALESTINIAN HISTORY OF AL FAYHA -- GOOD VIBRATIONS: LIVING IT UP IN SHARJAH’S HOTELS -- AN UNRELENTING LENS: SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AS JOURNALISM IN AL AZMENAH AL ARABIYA -- WHEN MEN GLOW IN SHARJAH -- SHARJAH IN A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO -- Sharjah, 1700–1995 -- Other Projects in Sharjah -- Biographies & Company Profiles -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554486803321 |
| Basel, Switzerland : , : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban modernity in the contemporary Gulf : obsolescence and opportunities / / edited by Roberto Fabbri, Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi
| Urban modernity in the contemporary Gulf : obsolescence and opportunities / / edited by Roberto Fabbri, Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 280 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 720.103 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FabbriRoberto
Al-QassemiSultan Sooud |
| Soggetto topico |
Architecture and society - Arabian Peninsula - History - 20th century
Architecture and society - Arabian Peninsula - History - 21st century Architecture - Conservation and restoration - Arabian Peninsula Cultural property - Protection - Arabian Peninsula |
| ISBN |
1-00-315652-5
1-000-45553-X 1-003-15652-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | PREFACE: Forms of Engagement: Architectural Modernism and Heritage in the Arab Gulf States -- INTRODUCTION: Re-engaging the Modern -- PART I: RETRACING MODERNITIES -- UDO KULTERMANN’S HISTORY OF ARAB CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE -- GARDENS AND GENERATORS: Demarcating Dubai’s Modernization -- FRAGMENTARIUM: Episodes of Modernity in the Contemporary Kuwait City -- INDUSTRIAL PROMISES: Speculative Thinking for Sharjah’s Industrial Districts -- PART II: TRAJECTORIES OF GLOBAL PRACTICES -- BUILDING IDENTITY: Transnational Exchange and the Authorship of Modern Gulf Heritage -- CHANGING FACADES IN GULF CITIES: Identity, Icons, and Lamentations of Loss -- THE CORNICHE: The Representation of Doha’s Waterfront and its Institutional Buildings -- OPERATIONAL PLANNING: An Alternative View of Doxiadis’ Project in Riyadh -- HISTORY, MEMORY, AND NARRATIVES OF THE PAST AND FUTURE: The New Souks in Kuwait -- PART III: HERITAGE AND THE MODERN -- INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES OF CULTURE: Modern Heritage Practices in Kuwait -- A[N] ABSENT SPACE: 1355 -- MODERNISM IN QATAR: Survival through Reuse -- URBAN PORTRAITS: Preserving the Memory of Modern Architectural Heritage in the United Arab Emirates -- CONCLUSIONS: Modernism’s Back and Forth -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910502674503321 |
| London, : Routledge, 2022 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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