Title & Author:

Projecting Beirut : episodes in the construction and reconstruction of a modern city / edited by Peter G. Rowe and Hashim Sarkis.

Publication:

Munich ; New York : Prestel, ©1998.

Description:

302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The interplay of history and archaeology in Beirut / Nasser Rabbat -- Ancient Beirut: urban growth in the light of recent excavations / Helen Sader -- "Your Beirut is on my desk," Ottomanizing Beirut under Sultan Abdülhamid II (1876-1909) / Jens Hanssen -- On Solidere's motto, "Beirut: ancient city of the future" / Fares el-Dahdah -- Modern Beirut / K. Michael Hays -- From colonial style to regional revivalism: modern architecture in Lebanon and the problem of cultural identity / Jad Tabet -- The work and influence of Michel Ecochard in Lebanon / Marlène Ghorayeb -- The role of government in shaping the built environment / Assem Salam -- Spatial aspects and socio-economic processes / Peter G. Rowe -- Contested space and the forging of new cultural identities / Samir Khalaf -- The macroeconomic basis of reconstruction / Freddie C. Baz -- Transforming the site of dereliction into the urban culture of modernity: Beirut's southern suburb and Elisar Project / Mona Harb el-Kak -- The Postwar Project / Rodophe el-Khoury -- Dances with Margaret Mead: planning Beirut since 1958 / Hashim Sarkis -- The northern sector: projects and plans at sea / Joumana Ghandour Atallah -- Heart of Beirut: making the master plan for the renewal of the central district / Angus Gavin -- Beirut and the facts of myth / Jorge Silvetti -- Public space as infrastructure: the case of the postwar reconstruction of Beirut / Oussama R. Kabbani -- Beirut sublime / Rodolphe el-Khoury -- The Souks of Beirut / Rafael Moneo -- The age of physical reconstruction / Hashim Sarkis and Peter G. Rowe -- From the geography of fear to a geography of hope / H.E. Ghassan Tuéni.

ISBN:

3791319388 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9783791319384 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Lebanon Beirut History 20th century.
City planning Lebanon Beirut History 20th century.
Urban renewal Lebanon Beirut.
Architecture Liban Beyrouth 20e siècle.
Architecture Liban Beyrouth Histoire 20e siècle.
Rénovation urbaine Liban Beyrouth.
Architecture.
Buildings.
City planning.
Urban renewal.
Stadtentwicklung
Stedenbouw.
Wederopbouw.
Architecture Lebanon Beirut.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Lebanon Beirut.
City planning Lebanon.
Beirut (Lebanon) Buildings, structures, etc.
Lebanon Beirut.
Beirut
Beirut (Lebanon) City planning.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Rowe, Peter G.
Sarkis, Hashim.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201113
Call No.: NA1476.7.B4 P6 1998
Status: Available