Bilingual edition (English/Arabic) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (englisch/arabisch)
Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945–1973 is the result of a fascinating investigation by international experts into the influences of modernist architecture in the Arab world. Ten case studies provide the foundation for a thorough exploration of the relevant cultural-historical, sociopolitical, climatic and demographic aspects. Questions concerning the region’s reciprocal relationship with modernist architecture in the period from 1945 to 1973 are investigated through the biographies of selected buildings and building complexes from Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. Texts, contemporary images, architectural drawings and archival material are used to document the process from commissioning and design through to completion and building use.
About the author
Philipp Oswalt ist seit 2006 Professor fur Architektur theorie und Entwerfen an der Universitat Kassel. Von 1988 bis 1994 war er Redakteur des Architekturmagazins ARCH+ und arbeitete 1996/97 fur OMA / Rem Koolhaas. Von 2009 bis 2014 war er Direktor und Vorstand der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau.
George Arbid ist Architekt und lehrte an der Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, der American University of Beirut sowie der Lebanese University. Er ist Mitbegrunder und Direktor des Arab Center for Architecture.
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