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Syria
Urban Development
Product details
- ISBN 9780500292938
- Weight: 190g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 06 Jul 2017
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Drawing on the author’s personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country’s bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it. Marwa al-Sabouni chronicles the breakdown of social cohesion in Syria’s cities, exploring how the lack of shared public spaces has intensified divisions within the community, and how corrupt officials have interfered in town planning for their own gain – actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks and stories of refugees struggling to find a home, this compelling and original book explores the personal impact of the conflict and offers hope for how architecture can play a role in rebuilding a sense of identity within a damaged society.
Marwa al-Sabouni has a PhD in Islamic Architecture and runs a private architectural
studio in Homs, Syria. She is co-owner of the first and only online media site dedicated
to architectural news in Arabic: www.arch-news.net.
