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al-arab
Arab built environment
architecture
Bab El Oued
Boulevard De La
Bourguiba Avenue
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Burj Al Arab
Burj Al Arab Hotel
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city
colonial urbanism
DIC
Dubai Inter-national Financial Center
Egypt's Modern History
Egypt’s Modern History
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garden
GCR
globalisation impacts cities
hanifah
hidden
Hidden Minerals
Historic Oman
Iraqi Architects
Islamic Legal System
Lac
Lake Tunis
Laser Guided Bombs
Local Architecture
Middle East City
Middle Eastern City
Middle Eastern urban identity evolution
minerals
Palm Islands
postcolonial architecture
Rst Centuries
Social Square
Solar Access
spatial development analysis
Tower Houses
Upper Town
urban transformation
vernacular
Product details
- ISBN 9780415553094
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Cairo, Baghdad, Algiers and Dubai cannot be easily lumped together as a single group. Cities in the Arab world are too diverse and hybrid, ranging from those rich in tradition, to 'forgotten’ cities, to newly emerging Gulf cities.
The authors here, Arab scholars and architects local to the cities they describe, provide an authentic voice with an understanding no outsider could achieve. They explore issues of identity, hybridity, colonization and globalization in the context of the struggles and solutions offered by each city from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Their focus is on how the built environment has changed over time and under different influences.
Yasser Elsheshtawy is Associate Professor of Architecture at the UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
