Contemporary architecture and urbanism in the Middle East /
A documentation of over 100 major architectural projects in the Middle East from 2000 through 2009.
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Gainsville ; Tallahassee ; Tampa ; Boca Raton ; Pensacola ; Orlando ; Miami ; Jacksonville ; Ft. Myers ; Sarasota :
University Press of Florida,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Small-scale residential projects: the region's architectural laboratories
- High-rise residential projects: redefining the apartment building
- Religious projects: the quiet decade
- Cultural projects: an enthusiastic embrace
- Public spaces: rethinking the city
- Higher education and research projects: instant and organically developing campuses
- Workplaces: institutional branding
- Sports projects, serving national pride and commerce
- Tourism projects: the different faces of the hotel
- Commercial projects: retail, entertainment, and restaurants
- Transportation projects: wave of the future
- Mixed-use complexes: constructing icons
- Master plans for urban districts: the prominence of public-private partnerships
- New cities: ambitions on a remarkable scale.