Title & Author:

The beauty of impermanence : Sharjah Architecture Triennial = جمالیة المتغیّر : ترینالي الشارقة للعمارة / editor, Tosin Oshinowo. The beauty of impermanence : Sharjah Architecture Triennial = Jamālīyah al-mutighayyir : tirīnālī al-Shārqah lil-'amārah / editor, Tosin Oshinowo.

Publication:

Sharjah : Sharjah Architecture Triennial ; Zürich : Park Books, [2025]
©2025

Description:

289 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 33 cm

Notes:
On the occasion of the exhibition, Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023, November 11, 2023 - March 10, 2024.
Introduction: The Trade-Off for Prosperity / Tosin Oshinowo -- Renewed Contextual -- Can Architects Provide Agency to the Poor through Architecture? / Dr. Yasmeen Lari -- Building the Hyper-Local / Aziza Chaouni -- Participants -- Extraction Politics -- Not Digging In: Resisting Extraction from Somewhere Not Clear / AbdouMaliq Simone -- Waste: A Cultural Awakening / Paola Antonelli -- Participants -- Intangible Bodies -- Geological Bodies / Kathryn Yossef -- No Condition is Permanent / Wade Lawal -- Participants -- Pre-Opening Public Program -- Exhibition Design -- Opening Public Program -- Design Store -- Timeline -- Bios -- Acknowledgements -- Credits
Parallel texts in English and Arabic.

Summary:

"How can architecture confront the climate crises through scarcity? The Beauty of Impermanence addresses this urgent question through the lens of the second Sharjah Architecture Triennial, curated by Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo. The Triennial, and this catalog of its projects and perspectives, examines how architectural practices in the Global South have thrived under resource constraints and offers visionary alternatives to the North's history of exploitation and excess. Featuring contributions from Lesley Lokko, Paola Antonelli, Rahul Mehrotra, Yasmeen Lari, AbdouMaliq Simone, and others, the book presents three key themes--Renewed Contextuality, Extraction Politics, and Intangible Bodies--each of which provides a critical framework for rethinking architecture's role in shaping a more adaptable, sustainable future grounded in empathy , spirituality, and ecological responsibility"--From page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9783038603993 (hardbound)
3038603996 (hardbound)

Subject:

Sharjah Architecture Triennal.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture Environmental aspects United Arab Emirates.
Sustainable architecture Exhibitions.
Architecture Developing countries Exhibitions.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement Émirats arabes unis.
Architecture durable Expositions.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Oshinowo, Tosin, editor.
Sharjah Architecture Triennal, host institution.

Jamālīyah al-mutighayyir : tirīnālī al-Shārqah lil-'amārah
The beauty of impermanence : Sharjah Architecture Triennial = جمالیة المتغیّر : ترینالي الشارقة للعمارة / editor, Tosin Oshinowo.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 321960
Call No.: 321960
Copy: 1
Status: Available