The current practice of architecture in Kuwait, the Gulf and the larger Middle East, is typically a-contextual and lacking any understanding of the local context. Hyun-Tae Jung (Lehigh University) on the relationship between Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and PACE and the photographic work of the artist Antje Hanebeck commission by PACE for this project. The architectural history, on the other hand, ignores the larger context of the Middle East and the influence of Pan Arabism is not configured into many analyses. of Liverpool) on the influence of British Architects on the Middle East (tropical architecture, expertise); Prof. By providing a [re]contextualizing of the architectural history of Kuwait and bringing forgotten protagonists back into the dialogue, a nuanced reading of Pan Arab Modern architecture emerges. Pieri ( Associate Researcher - Institut Français du Proche-Orient) on the influence of Iraq modernisation in Kuwait; Prof. Iain Jackson (Univ. Thus, this project seeks to tackle both. Eve Blau (GSD, Harvard) on the influence of Oil on Urbanism; Prof. This book It aims to create a "knowledge generation" which can [re]define how a local generation is being influence on the ground. Using Kuwait as a case study and Pan Arab Modernism as a lens, this book comes to fill two voids in the literature on Middle Eastern architecture: one is in practice and the other is in history. of Houston, Texas) on the relationship between The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and the local Kuwaiti firm Pan Arab Consulting Engineers (now PACE); Caecilia L. Michael Kubo (Univ. CONTRIBUTORS: Prof.
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Pan-Arab Modernism 1968-2018: The History Of Architectural Practice In The Middle East, Paperback - Dalal Musaed Alsayer
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