Designing Modernity : : Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973 / / ed. by George Arbid, Philipp Oswalt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Alsaden, Amin,; Arbid, George,; Chaouni, Aziza,; Elshahed, Mohamed,; Hakky, Rafee,; Kriegler, Mona,; Oswalt, Phillip,; Samhouri, Wael,; Saragoça, Sara,; Shawash, Janset,; Tan, Pelin,; Volait, Mercedes,; Yaser, Dima,; el-Wakil, Leïla,
• HerausgeberIn: Arbid, George,; Oswalt, Philipp,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin : : JOVIS Verlag GmbH, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; PREFACE. Acquiring and Producing (New) Knowledge. Reflection through Relation and Understanding --; Introduction. Designing Modernity --; Authors --; Morocco --; Sidi Harazem Thermal Bath Complex, 1959–1975 Architect: Jean-François Zevaco. A Post-Independence Icon --; Egypt --; Garden Suburbs, Cairo 1940s–1950s Architect: Mahmoud Riad. Early Experiments with Subsidized Housing --; New Gourna Village, 1942–1952 Architect: Hassan Fathy. A Vision of Self-Building --; Nasr City Housing Model 33, Cairo 1959–1960 Architect: Sayed Karim. Raising the Middle Class --; Lebanon --; Electricité du Liban Headquarters, Beirut 1964–1971 Architect: CETA (Aractingi, Neema, Conan and Nassar). Hope on the Horizon --; Kuwait --; National Museum, Kuwait City 1960–1983 Architect: Michel Ecochard. Cultural Nation Building --; Palestine --; Al Mashrou', Jericho 1949–1967 Architect/ Initiator: Musa Alami/ Arab Development Society. The Farm as Utopian Pedagogy --; Iraq --; Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad 1965–1971 Architect: kahtan Awni. Architecture as Urbanism --; Syria --; Damascus International Fair and its Monument, 1950s–1960s Architects: Nizar Al-Farra et al. A Modern Public City Space --; Jordan --; Al-Hussein Youth City, Amman 1962–1968 Architect: Munce and Kennedy. Sports and Culture for a New Nation
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783868598308; 9783110766820; 9783110992793; 9783110992816; 9783110993899; 9783110994810
• DOI: 10.1515/9783868598308
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by George Arbid, Philipp Oswalt.

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. Zweisprachige Ausgabe (englisch/arabisch) / Bilingual edition (English/Arabic) Für Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945–1973 haben sich internationale Expert*innen auf eine faszinierende Spurensuche nach den Einflüssen der architektonischen Moderne in der arabischen Welt begeben. Anhand von neun Fallstudien werden kulturhistorische, gesellschaftspolitische, klimatische und demografische Aspekte eingehend betrachtet. Fragen zur Wechselbeziehung moderner Architektur in der Region im Zeitraum 1945 bis 1973 werden durch Biografien ausgewahlter Gebäude und Gebäudekomplexe aus dem Irak und dem Libanon, Kuwait, Syrien, Palästina, Jordanien, Ägypten und Marokko erforscht. Texte, zeitgenössisches Bildmaterial sowie Skizzen und Archivmaterial dokumentieren den Prozess vom Auftrag über die Gestaltung bis hin zur Fertigstellung und Gebäudenutzung.