{"product_id":"designing-modernity-architecture-in-the-arab-world-1945-1973-9783868597233","title":"Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973","description":"(Bilingual Edition: English \/ Arabic)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesigning Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e is the result of a fascinating investigation by international experts \u003cbr\u003einto the influences of modernist architecture in the Arab world. \u003cbr\u003eNine \u003cbr\u003ecase studies provide the foundation for a thorough exploration of the \u003cbr\u003erelevant cultural-historical, sociopolitical, climatic and demographic \u003cbr\u003easpects. Questions concerning the region's reciprocal relationship with \u003cbr\u003emodernist architecture in the period from 1945 to 1973 are investigated \u003cbr\u003ethrough the biographies of selected buildings and building complexes \u003cbr\u003efrom Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTexts, contemporary images, architectural drawings and archival \u003cbr\u003ematerial are used to document the process from commissioning and design \u003cbr\u003ethrough to completion and building use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilipp Oswalt\u003c\/b\u003e has been Professor of Architectural Theory and\u003cbr\u003eDesign at the University of Kassel since 2006. From 1988 to 1994, he was editor\u003cbr\u003eof the architecture magazine ARCH+ and worked for OMA \/ Rem Koolhaas in\u003cbr\u003e1996\/97. From 2009 to 2014, he served as director of the Bauhaus Dessau\u003cbr\u003eFoundation. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Arbid\u003c\/b\u003e is an\u003cbr\u003earchitect with successive teaching positions at the Académie Libanaise des\u003cbr\u003eBeaux-Arts, the American University of Beirut, and the Lebanese University. He\u003cbr\u003eis the co-founder and director of the Arab Center for Architecture and has\u003cbr\u003eserved on several competition and award juries.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jovis Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383103197458,"sku":"9783868597233","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_559bb60a-7643-4a86-928e-bd412e117777.jpg?v=1728778108","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/designing-modernity-architecture-in-the-arab-world-1945-1973-9783868597233","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}