Main entry:

Gitler, Inbal Ben-Asher, author.

Title & Author:

Architectural culture in British Mandate Jerusalem, 1917-1948 / Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler.

Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
©2020

Description:

xiv, 248 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A holy city for the twentieth century : urban planning during the British Mandate -- 2. Appropriating multi-histories : the Palestine Archaeological Museum -- 3. Americans imagining Jerusalem : the Jerusalem YMCA Building -- 4. Constructing Palestinian identity : the Palace Hotel -- 5. Constructing Zionist identity : the Zionist Executive Building.

Summary:

This book examines a fascinating and critical epoch in the architectural history of Jerusalem. It proposes a fresh and analytical discussion of British Mandate-era architecture by studying four buildings that have had a lasting impact on Jerusalem's built environment. Applying relational history methodology, the book reveals how these building projects evolved as an outcome of cross-cultural influences and relations among the British, American, Jewish-Zionist and Muslim-Palestinian communities. Further, the building and design processes behind these structures give new perspectives on the adaptation of modern architecture in the Middle East and the negotiation of historicism and vernacular architecture during the first half of the 20th century. -- From publisher's website.
An architectural history of four prominent buildings in Jerusalem. Includes new research on public and civic architecture of Mandate Palestine. Focuses on four case studies: the Muslim Palestinian Palace Hotel, the Jewish-Zionist Zionist Executive Buildings, the British Palestine Archaeological Museum and the American Jerusalem YMCA Building. Reveals the major role that architecture and architectural culture had in constructing communal and national identities in Jerusalem and in Mandate Palestine. Increases our understanding of the interaction between cultural forces in the Middle East and the emergence of 20th-century architectural culture in Israel/Palestine. Makes a significant contribution to research into the built environments of mixed cities, contested spaces and cities under foreign rule. Deepens our understanding of present spatial dilemmas and their context within the Israeli-Palestinian conflic. Four major communities, four buildings constructing their identities in the contested urban space of Jerusalem.

Biographical note:

Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler is Senior Lecturer (tenure-track) at Sapir Academic College / Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She is co-editor (with Yael Allweil, Dana Gordon and Eran Tamir) of Timely Teaching: Educational Idealism and Modern Architecture (Architects House Gallery (Israel Association of United Architects), 2017) and (with Anat Geva) of Israel as A Modern Architectural Experimental Lab (forthcoming, published in association with the Society of Architectural Historians of the USA by Intellect Books). She is editor of Monuments and Site-Specific Sculpture in Urban and Rural Space (Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2017).

ISBN:

9781474457491 hardback
1474457495 hardback
9781474457507 paperback
1474457509 paperback
webready PDF
9781474457514
epub
9781474457521

Subject:

Architecture Jerusalem History.
Architecture and society Jerusalem History 20th century.
Islam and architecture Jerusalem History 20th century.
Judaism and architecture Jerusalem History 20th century.
Architecture Jérusalem Histoire.
Architecture et société Jérusalem Histoire 20e siècle.
Islam et architecture Jérusalem Histoire 20e siècle.
Judaïsme et architecture Jérusalem Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architecture and society.
Islam and architecture.
Judaism and architecture.
Middle East Jerusalem.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316821
Call No.: 316821
Status: Available