Under Construction: Logics of Urbanism in the Gulf Region
| By: | Vignal, Leila, Ms |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781472412881 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781472412904 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Interdisciplinary in approach, this volume explores and deciphers the symbolic value and iconicity of the built environment in the Arab Gulf Region, its aesthetics, language and performative characteristics.
Bringing together a range of studies by artists, curators and scholars, it demonstrates how Dubai appeared - at least until the financial crisis - to be leading the construction race and has already completed a large number of its landmark architecture and strategic facilities. In contrast, cities like the Qatari capital Doha still appear to be heavily