Architecture in context : designing in the Middle East /
Architecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East provides a foundation for understanding thecritical context of architecture and design in this region. It does this by: presenting a practical overview of architectural know-how in the Middle East, and its potential for cultivating a sense of pla...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Wiley,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Architecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East provides a foundation for understanding thecritical context of architecture and design in this region. It does this by: 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781119173120 1119173124 9781118719848 1118719840 |