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Content: ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEXT DESIGNING IN THE MIDDLE EAST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: A BACKGROUND
Geopolitical and Environmental Characteristics
Cultural and Religious Influences
Architectural and Urban Classical Local Antecedents
Colonial Architecture, East-West Encounters
Decolonising Architecture: Nation Building
Architecture of Development: An Urban and Housing Quest
Contemporary Architecture: Faster and Higher
Conclusion
References
CHAPTER 2: ARCHITECTURAL VOCABULARY: ELEMENTS OF LOCAL STYLES
Site Typologies Biological LayerCultural Layer
Physical Layer
Social and Communal Layer
Environmental Layer
Massing and Volumetric Composition
Compactness
Connectedness
Transition
Fragmentation
Skyline
Function and Space
Space/Function versus Place
Space as a Process
Space Configurationality
Scale and Proportion
Human Scale and Proportion
Materials and Scale
Size and Scale
Light and Form
Light as Energy
Light as Space
Light as Form
Light as Metaphor
Order and Geometry
Geometry and Order as Design
Geometry and Order as Structure
Geometry and Order as Allegory
Ornament and Symbolism Ornament as MotifOrnament as Symbolism
Building as Digital Ornament
Patterns, Textures and Colours
Architectural Patterns versus Decorative Patterns
Local versus Imported Patterns
Composition of Patterns, Textures, and Colours
Conclusion
References
CHAPTER 3: CULTURAL AND CONTEXTUAL MEANING
Cultural Value Judgment and Symbolic Codes (Cognitive Schemata, Transmission)
Representation and Expression of Cultural Meaning
Representation/Expression
Identification/Communication/Transmission
Integration/Development
Spatial-Cultural Arrangement (Transformation and Experience) Climate and Environment (Adaptive and Creative Sustainability)Building Know-How and Processes of Production
Local/Global Building Know-How
Technology-Based Culture
Morality, Ethics and Responsibility
Conclusion
References
CHAPTER 4: TRENDS AND DISCOURSES OF CONTEXTUAL ARCHITECTURE
Regionalism and Internationalism: A Design Reference
A Paradoxical Design: Reactivating or Mimicking \'Islamic\'/\'Arabic\' Architecture
Reinvention of Tradition or Heritage in Design: Continuity or Discontinuity
Designing with Nature
Nationalist, Post-Orientalist and Fantasist Design \'Theme Parks\' and Megaprojects: Designing in the GulfSustainability-Based Design
Conclusion
References
APPENDIX: ORIENTATION: TOWARDS A MODEL OF CONTEXTUAL ENQUIRY-BASED DESIGN
CONCLUSION
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
INDEX
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