Main entry:

Al-Asad, Mohammad.

Title & Author:

Contemporary architecture and urbanism in the Middle East / Mohammad Al-Asad.

Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]

Description:

vii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282).
Small-scale residential projects: the region's architectural laboratories -- High-rise residential projects: redefining the apartment building -- Religious projects: the quiet decade -- Cultural projects: an enthusiastic embrace -- Public spaces: rethinking the city -- Higher education and research projects: instant and organically developing campuses -- Workplaces: institutional branding -- Sports projects, serving national pride and commerce -- Tourism projects: the different faces of the hotel -- Commercial projects: retail, entertainment, and restaurants -- Transportation projects: wave of the future -- Mixed-use complexes: constructing icons -- Master plans for urban districts: the prominence of public-private partnerships -- New cities: ambitions on a remarkable scale.

Summary:

"A documentation of over 100 major architectural projects in the Middle East from 2000 through 2009"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780813040172 (hardback)
0813040175 (hardback)

Subject:

Architecture Middle East History 21st century.
City planning Middle East History 21st century.
ARCHITECTURE General.
ART Middle Eastern.
Architecture.
City planning.
Architektur
Städtebau
Stadtplanung
Architecture Middle East 21st century.
Middle East.
Mittlerer Osten

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289644
Call No.: BIB 232225
Status: Available