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Understanding Islamic architecture / edited by Attilio Petruccioli and Khalil K. Pirani ; with a foreword by Oleg Grabar.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.Description: xiii, 134 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780700714377:
  • 9780700714384:
  • 0700714375
  • 0700714383
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 723.3
Contents:
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
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 723.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 56551

"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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