New Islamic urbanism the architecture of public and private space in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Since the dawn of the oil era, cities in Saudi Arabia have witnessed rapid growth and profound societal changes. As a response to foreign architectural solutions and the increasing popularity of Western lifestyles, a distinct style of architecture and urban planning has emerged. Characterised by an...
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London, UK :
UCL Press
2019.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423640606719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction; 1. A Brief History of Jiddah in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; 2. Public and Private Space in Jeddah in the first half of the Twentieth Century; 3. The Transformation of Urban Space in the Early Oil Era, 1950s and 1960s; 4. Architecture and Religious Reform: Architectural Discource from the 1970s to the 1990s; 5. Residential Architecture, from the 1970s to the Early Twenty-First Century; 6. Navigating Urban Space: Jeddah, Early Twenty-First Century; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.
