Building Sharjah

Published by Birkhäuser 2021

Building Sharjah

Edited by: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi and Todd Reisz

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035622775

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Architecture in the Middle East

Building Sharjah reveals how modern architecture unfurled across the United Arab Emirates’ third-largest city. An oil discovery in 1972 positioned Sharjah as one of the world’s final cities shaped by transformative fortune. In the footsteps of Kuwait, Riyadh, and Dubai, Sharjah faced a metamorphosis: either one that repeated the past’s mistakes or one that reimagined how wealth can build a city.

Sharjah’s potential enticed an international cast of experts to create a bold, new city. As their projects begin to vanish, this book preserves them through unseen photographs and recovered documents. New writing chronicles how local and arriving residents arranged the designed, concrete environment into a home. Beyond just a local artifact, this book examines the confident promises made by global practices of urbanization.

An untold tale of how a city materialized on the promises of modern architecture
Unpublished and unseen visual material
New scholarship connecting Sharjah to global discussions of cities

Author / Editor information

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi writer and lecturer, Sharjah. Todd Reisz architect and writer, Amsterdam

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	14
Foreword Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
THE LONGEST NIGHTS WITH JOY ARE SHORT Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
WRITING SHARJAH’S LANDSCAPE Todd Reisz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
SHARJAH: SNAPSHOTS OF AN EMIRATE IN THE NASCENT UNION OF THE ARABIAN GULF Salim Zabbal and Oscar Mitri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
PERFORMING MODERNITY AT THE CENTRAL SOUK Suheyla Takesh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
UNRAVELED: MAKING BUILDING SHARJAH Reem Khorshid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
SCHOOLS FOR THE ARAB HOMELAND: KUWAIT’S EDUCATIONAL MISSION IN SHARJAH Talal Al-Rashoud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
LAND, HOUSES, AND HOMES: A PALESTINIAN HISTORY OF AL FAYHA Abdulla Saad Moaswes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
GOOD VIBRATIONS: LIVING IT UP IN SHARJAH’S HOTELS Hind Mezaina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
AN UNRELENTING LENS: SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AS JOURNALISM IN AL AZMENAH AL ARABIYA Alia Al Sabi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
WHEN MEN GLOW IN SHARJAH Deepak Unnikrishnan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
SHARJAH IN A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO Ammar Al Attar and Prem Ratnam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Sharjah, 1700–1995 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	410
Other Projects in Sharjah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	414
Biographies & Company Profiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	420
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Edition: 27 x 18
Audience: Architekten, Stadtplaner, Studierende, interessierte Laien
Pages
- Main content: 440
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 220
- Coloured Illustrations: 330
Keywords: Urbanism; Middle East; City; Emirates; Architecture

eBook

Published: July 5, 2021
ISBN: 9783035622775

Hardcover

Published: July 5, 2021
ISBN: 9783035622768