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Transformations : the Emirati national house = تحولات البيت الوطني الإماراتي /

Transformations : the Emirati national house = تحولات البيت الوطني الإماراتي / Emirati national house. تحولات البيت الوطني الإماراتي edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy. - 295 pages : illustrations, plans, facsimiles ; 25 cm.

Catalog of an exhibition curated by Alejandro Aravena, held at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy, May 28-November 27, 2016.

Foreword -- Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation -- UAE Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development -- Acknowledgements -- Transforming the Emirati national house / Yasser Elsheshtawy -- The history of planning residential neighborhoods in Abu Dhabi : 1961-1990 / Alamira Reem Bani Hashim -- Visions for new desert housing : an interview with Wolfgang Braun and Peter Säckl / Adina Hempel -- The evolving landscape of Dubai's national housing neighborhoods / Khaled Alawadi -- A visit to a sea port tower : Al Jeer, Ras Al Khaimah / Chaitanya Krishna Kumar and Karishma Asarpota -- Social and spatial organization patterns in the traditional house : a case study of Al Ain, a city in the UAE / el-Sayed el-Aswad -- Conserving the Emirati national house / Amel Chabbi -- The Al Meqbali house : a case study -- The people's houses : Sha'bīyaat Al Maqam / Rachel Goodfriend -- Photography by Reem Falaknaz.


Text in English.

9789948022831 9948022831


Architecture, Domestic--United Arab Emirates--Exhibitions.
Dwellings--United Arab Emirates--Exhibitions.
Housing development--United Arab Emirates--Exhibitions.

NA7515.U5 / T73 2016 NA7515.U5 / T73 2016

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