Building Sharjah / with contributions by Ammar Al Attar, Mohamed Elshahed, Roberto Fabbri, Reem Khorshid, Michael Kubo, Hind Mezaina, Abdulla Saad Moaswes, Mona El Mousfy, Hammad Nasar, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Talal Al-Rashoud, Todd Reisz, Alia Al Sabi, K. V. Shamsudheen, Łukasz Stanek, Suheyla Takesh, Deepak Unnikrishnan.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser, [2021]
©2021

Description:

437 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Building Sharjah' reveals how modern architecture unfurled across the United Arab Emirates' third-largest city. An oil discovery in 1972 positioned Sharjah as one of the world's final cities shaped by transformative fortune. In the footsteps of Kuwait, Riyadh, and Dubai, Sharjah faced a metamorphosis: either one that repeated the past's mistakes or one that reimagined how wealth can build a city. Sharjah's potential enticed an international cast of experts to create a bold, new city. As their projects begin to vanish, this book preserves them through unseen photographs and recovered documents. New writing chronicles how local and arriving residents arranged the designed, concrete environment into a home. Beyond just a local artifact, this book examines the confident promises made by global practices of urbanization.

ISBN:

9783035622768 hardcover
3035622760 hardcover
PDF
9783035622775

Subject:

Architecture United Arab Emirates Shāriqah.
Architecture United Arab Emirates.
Architecture
Buildings
Shāriqah (United Arab Emirates) Buildings, structures, etc.
United Arab Emirates Shāriqah.
Shariqah (United Arab Emirates) Buildings, structures, etc.

Added entries:

Al Attar, Ammar, 1981- writer of added commentary.
Elshahed, Mohamed, contributor.
Fabbri, Roberto, contributor.
Khorshid, Reem, contributor.
Kubo, Michael, contributor.
Mezaina, Hind, contributor.
Moaswes, Abdulla Saad, contributor.
El Mousfy, Mona, contributor.
Nasar, Hammad, contributor.
Sooud Al Qassemi, Sultan, contributor.
Rashoud, Talal, contributor.
Reisz, Todd, contributor.
Al Sabi, Alia, contributor.
Shamsudheen, K. V., contributor.
Stanek, Łukasz, contributor.
Takesh, Suheyla, contributor.
Unnikrishnan, Deepak, contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309391
Call No.: BIB 254655
Status: Available

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