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  • Social Housing in the Middle East

    Architecture, Urban Development, and Transnational Modernity

    Essays on architecture in Kuwait, Iran, Israel, and other nations in the region, and how it can and must address the needs of local residents.As oil-rich countries in the Middle East are increasingly associated with soaring skyscrapers and modern architecture, attention is being diverted away from the pervasive struggles of social housing in those same urban settings. Social Housing in the Middle ... Leer más

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  • The Bazaar in the Islamic City

    Design, Culture, and History

    Edición de Mohammad Gharipour ...
    The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and architectural functions. This interdisciplinary ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Salutogenic Urbanism

    Architecture and Public Health in Early Modern European Cities

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers a new, salutogenic, perspective on the development of early modern cities by exploring profound and complex ways in which architecture and landscape design served to promote public health on an urban scale. Focusing on fifteenth- through nineteenth-century Europe, it addresses the histories of spaces and institutions that supported salubrious living, highlighting the intersections ... Leer más

    $125.99 USD

  • Epidemic Urbanism

    Contagious Diseases in Global Cities

    Includes 36 chapters that deploy interdisciplinary approaches to the analysis of the mutual relationship between pandemics and the built environment. The chapters share the story of a pandemic in a particular city or region from five continents, and are organized in four sections to convey the mechanisms of change that affect vulnerabilities and responses to epidemic illnesses: 'Urban Governance', ... Leer más

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  • Expertise and Architecture in the Modern Islamic World

    A Critical Anthology

    Series Libro 1 - Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East
    Expertise and Architecture in the Modern Islamic World explores how architectural traditions and practices were shared and exchanged across national borders throughout the world, departing from a narrative that casts European actors as the importers and exporters of Islamic designs and skills. Looking to cases that touch on empire building, modernization, statecraft and diplomacy, this book ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires

    Encounters and Confluences

    Edición de Mohammad Gharipour ...
    The cross-cultural exchange of ideas that flourished in the Mediterranean during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries profoundly affected European and Islamic society. Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires considers the role and place of gardens and landscapes in the broader context of the information sharing that took place among Europeans and Islamic empires in Turkey, Persia, ... Leer más

    $86.99 USD

  • Health and Architecture

    The History of Spaces of Healing and Care in the Pre-Modern Era

    Edición de Mohammad Gharipour ...
    Health and Architecture offers a uniquely global overview of the healthcare facility in the pre-modern era, engaging in a cross-cultural analysis of the architectural response to medical developments and the formation of specialized hospitals as an independent building typology.Whether constructed as part of Chinese palaces in the 15th century or the religious complexes in 16th century Ottoman ... Leer más

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  • The City in the Muslim World

    Depictions by Western Travel Writers

    Edición de Mohammad Gharipour, Nilay Ozlu ...
    Series series Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
    Presenting a critical, yet innovative, perspective on the cultural interactions between the "East" and the "West", this book questions the role of travel in the production of knowledge and in the construction of the idea of the "Islamic city".This volume brings together authors from various disciplines, questioning the role of Western travel writing in the production of knowledge about the East, ... Leer más

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  • The Historiography of Persian Architecture

    Edición de Mohammad Gharipour ...
    Series series Iranian Studies
    Historiography is the study of the methodology of writing history, the development of the discipline of history, and the changing interpretations of historical events in the works of individual historians. Exploring the historiography of Persian art and architecture requires a closer look at a diverse range of sources, including chronicles, historical accounts, travelogues, and material evidence ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Contemporary Urban Landscapes of the Middle East

    Edición de Mohammad Gharipour ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Landscape and Environmental Design
    The Middle East is well-known for its historic gardens that have developed over more than two millenniums. The role of urban landscape projects in Middle Eastern cities has grown in prominence, with a gradual shift in emphasis from gardens for the private sphere to an increasingly public function. The contemporary landscape projects, either designed as public plazas or public parks, have played a ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Persian Gardens and Pavilions

    Reflections in History, Poetry and the Arts

    From Timur's tent in Samarqand to Shah 'Abbas's palace in Isfahan and Humayun's tomb in Delhi, the pavilion has been an integral part of Persianate gardens since its earliest appearance at the Achaemenid garden in Pasargadae in the sixth century BC. Here, Mohammad Gharipour places both the garden and the pavilion within their historical, literary and artistic contexts, emphasizing the importance ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Social Housing in the Middle East

    Architecture, Urban Development, and Transnational Modernity

    As oil-rich countries in the Middle East are increasingly associated with soaring skyscrapers and modern architecture, attention is being diverted away from the pervasive struggles of social housing in those same urban settings. Social Housing in the Middle East traces the history of social housing—both gleaming postmodern projects and bare-bones urban housing structures—in an effort to provide a ... Leer más

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