Beirut Bereft: Architecture of the forsaken and map of the derelict- Ziad Antar and Rasha Salti / Second edition بيروت الثكلى: بنءات مجفوّة.. و جغرافيا الاهتراء

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TextPublication details: Sharjah Art Foundation; 2021Description: 108p; 30x23cmISBN:

9789948024835

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Summary: With text by Rasha Salti and photography by Ziad Antar, Beirut Bereft: The Architecture of the Forsaken and Map of the Derelict reveals the relationship between social and physical architecture in postwar Lebanon. This collaboration between Antar and Salti started out after an encounter in 2006 when both discovered that they were exploring abandoned and functionless buildings scarred by the traces of war and signs of a failing state. In this book, the reader encounters a cartography of 57 abandoned buildings alongside a personal retelling of a society’s attempt to recover from a domestic and sectarian civil war.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status
Book	Flying Saucer Library	Published by Sharjah Art Foundation	NA9000-9428 121.331 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available
Book	SAF Reference Library	Published by Sharjah Art Foundation	NA9000-9428 121.331 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available
Book	SAF Reference Library	Published by Sharjah Art Foundation	NA9000-9428 121.331 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

With text by Rasha Salti and photography by Ziad Antar, Beirut Bereft: The Architecture of the Forsaken and Map of the Derelict reveals the relationship between social and physical architecture in postwar Lebanon. This collaboration between Antar and Salti started out after an encounter in 2006 when both discovered that they were exploring abandoned and functionless buildings scarred by the traces of war and signs of a failing state. In this book, the reader encounters a cartography of 57 abandoned buildings alongside a personal retelling of a society’s attempt to recover from a domestic and sectarian civil war.

English; Arabic

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