Format:
1 online resource (149 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781136851315
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Section I Meaning from Faith -- Introduction -- Spirituality and Architecture -- Simultaneous Perplexity": The Paradise Garden as the Quintessential Visual Paradigm of Islamic Architecture and Beyond -- On What Makes Architecture Islamic: Some Reflections and a Proposal -- The Grand Tradition of Islamic Architecture -- Discovering Concepts from Faith -- Section II Meaning from History -- Introduction -- Cities in the Islamic World -- Lofty Chambers: The Interior Space in the Architecture of Islamic Countries -- The Aesthetics of Space in Ottoman Architecture -- Changes in the Islamic Religion and Their Effects on the Built Environment: Two Cases from Indonesia -- Persian Gardens and Courtyards: An Approach to Designing Contemporary Architecture -- Section III Contemporary Trends -- Introduction -- Modernity and Tradition: Problem or Potential -- The Search for Appropriate Architecture -- On the Poetics of Place: The Communicability of an Architectural Image -- Project and Tradition -- What Islamic Architecture Is Not -- Architecture in Islamic Societies and the New Development Paradigm -- An Overview of Architecture Education in the Contemporary Muslim World -- Biographies
Additional Edition:
Print version Petruccioli, Attilo Understanding Islamic Architecture Milton : Taylor & Francis Group,c2003 ISBN 9780700714377
Language:
English
Keywords:
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