1st Edition
Architecture and Globalisation in the Persian Gulf Region
494 Pages
by
Routledge
494 Pages
by
Routledge
494 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is the first book ever to examine the architecture and urbanism of the Persian Gulf as a complete entity, dealing equally with conditions on the eastern Iranian shoreline as in Arabic countries on the western side. By inviting a range of architects and scholars to write about historical and contemporary influences on 14 cities along both Gulf coastlines, the book traces the changes in... Read more
1: Introduction; I: Western coastline of Persian Gulf; 2: British Architects in the Gulf, 1950–1980; 3: Kuwait City, Kuwait; 4: Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 5: Manama, Bahrain; 6: Doha, Qatar; 7: Abu Dhabi, UAE; 8: Dubai, UAE; 9: Shopping Malls in Dubai; 10: Sharjah, UAE; II: Eastern Coastline of Persian Gulf; 11: Abadan and Khorramshahr, Iran; 12: Bushehr, Iran; 13: Kangan and Banak, Iran; 14: Kish Island, Iran; 15: Bandar Abbas, Iran; III: Contemporary Design Approaches; 16: Sustainable Identity: New Paradigms for the Persian Gulf; 17: Reflections on a Wind-Catcher: Climate and Cultural Identity; 18: Doha Renaissance: Msheireb Reborn; 19: The Scale of Globalisation
Biography
Murray Fraser is Professor of Architecture and Global Culture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK and Nasser Golzari is a Researcher at the School of Architecture, University of Westminster, UK.
