Understanding Islamic architecture / edited by Attilio Petruccioli and Khalil K. Pirani ; with a foreword by Oleg Grabar.
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"Much of the work for this book was completed under the auspices of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT"--P. vii.
Includes bibliographical references.
sect. 1. Meaning from faith -- Spirituality and architecture Mohammed Arkoun -- "Simultaneous perplexity" : the paradise garden as the quintessential visual paradigm of Islamic architecture and beyond Nader Ardalan -- On what makes architecture Islamic : some reflections and a proposal S. Gulzar Haider -- The grand tradition of Islamic architecture Abdul Rehman -- Discovering concepts from faith Khalil K. Pirani -- sect. 2 Meaning from history -- Cities in the Islamic world Ronald Lewcock -- Lofty chambers : the interior space in the architecture of Islamic countries / Ludovico Micara -- The aesthetics of space in Ottoman architecture Jale N. Erzen -- Changes in the Islamic religion and their effects on the built environment : two cases from Indonesia Adhi Moersid Achmad Fanani and Tulus Setyo Budhi -- Persian gardens and courtyards : an approach to designing contemporary architecture Mahvash Alemi -- sect. 3 Contemporary trends -- Modernity and tradition : problem or potential Suha Özkan -- The search for appropriate architecture Ali Shuaibi -- On the poetics of place : the communicability of an architectural image Rasem Badran -- Project and tradition Eugenio Galdieri -- What Islamic architecture is not Kamran T. Diba -- Architecture in Islamic societies and the new development paradigm Arif Hasan -- An overview of architecture education in the contemporary Muslim world Kausar B. Ahmad
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