Author(s): George Arbid (Editor); Philipp Oswalt (Editor)

ARCHITECTURE BOOKS | JOVIS VERLAG

(Bilingual Edition: English / Arabic) Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973is the result of a fascinating investigation by international expertsinto the influences of modernist architecture in the Arab world. Ninecase studies provide the foundation for a thorough exploration of therelevant cultural-historical, sociopolitical, climatic and demographicaspects. Questions concerning the region's reciprocal relationship withmodernist architecture in the period from 1945 to 1973 are investigatedthrough the biographies of selected buildings and building complexesfrom Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. Texts, contemporary images, architectural drawings and archivalmaterial are used to document the process from commissioning and designthrough to completion and building use.