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The Superlative City: Dubai and the Urban Condition in the Early Twenty-First Century
In The Superlative City, contributors from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and colleagues from the United Arab Emirates, the...
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Building Iran: Modernism and Architecture
Revolution and tradition are two sides of the same coin in Talinn Grigor's book on Iranian architecture. It starts in 1925 after Reza Pahlavi...
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Chandigarh, Living with Le Corbusier
In the 1950s architects and urban planners looked to India where a new capital was being built. The involvement of a famous avant-garde...
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In the Garden of Isfahan: Islamic Architecture from 16th to the 18th Century
Isfahan is a heavenly city of gardens, mosques and palaces for an open-minded architect. In addition to the artful dome constructions over the...
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Chandigarh 1956
Le Corbusier's masterplan and buildings for Chandigarh, capital of the Indian federal state of Punjab, is a landmark of 20th century architecture...
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Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction
After the ceasefire, a group of architects and planners from the American University of Beirut formed the Reconstruction Unit to help in the...
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The History of Qatari Architecture 1800-1950
Historically, in the old architecture of Qatar, the urban development of cities and villages was based on the creation of agglomerations of housing...
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Glory of the Sultans, The: Islamic Architecture in India
The Muslim domination of the Indian subcontinent from the 12th to the 19th century gave rise to an astonishing panorama and blend of Islamic...
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Le Corbusier's Villa Shodhan
This book is a thorough examination of the least known of Le Corbusier's buildings in India, Villa Shodhan in Ahmedabad.As a privately owned home...
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Sinans Mosque
The 15th-century architect Sinan was a master mosque builder who employedperfect proportions to create astonishing lightness in architecture...
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Indian Interiors
The sights, smells and sounds of India draw legions of travellers every year in awe of the changing terrain and countryside, but to truly...
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Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is the queen of architecture. Other buildings may be as famous but no other has been so consistently admired for its beauty. Imperial...
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Contemporary Architecture in Arabia
The Arabian peninsula, particularly the wealthy emirates on the northeast coast, is one of the worlds premier areas of construction growth. For...
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Basrayatha: The Story of a City
Basrayatha is a literary tribute by author Muhammad Khudayyir to the city of his birth, Basra, on the Shatt al-Arab waterway in southern Iraq. Just...
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Jorn Utzon Logbook Volume 4: Kuwait National Assembly
Aware of the architects declining influence on architecture Jrn Utzon felt that his Logbook series would be of value to people interested in the...
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Architecture in the Emirates
Taschen's new "Architecture" series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each...
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The Temple Architecture of India
The temples of India (Buddhist, Hindu and Jain) are unparalleled in their contribution of direct sensuous appeal and complex formal structure...
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Middle East Garden Traditions: Unity and Diversity
This book unites new information and surprising results from the last15 years of garden research, at a remove from the cliches of Orientalism...
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Volume 12 - Al Manakh (Dubai Guide; Gulf Survey; Global Agenda)
After Singapore in the 1980s and China in the 1990s, the next large-scale urbanisation is going ahead at full steam. Al Manakh, a special...
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Mediterranean Living
The Mediterranean coast is attracting a growing number of people from all over the world, some of whom eventually settle in one of its sun-kissed...
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