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Transformations : the Emirati national house = Taḥawwūlāt al-bayt al-waṭanī al-Imārātī / edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy.

Contributor(s): Language: English Publisher: Abu Dhabi, UAE : National Pavilion United Arab Emirates la Biennale di Venezia, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 295 pages : illustrations, plans, facsimiles ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789948022831
  • 9948022831
Other title: تحولات البيت الوطني الإماراتي Other title:
  • Emirati national house
  • Taḥawwulāt al-bayt al-waṭanī al-Imārātī [Parallel title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NA7515.U5 T73 2016
Contents:
Foreword -- Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation -- UAE Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development -- Acknowledgements -- Transforming the Emirati national house / Yasser Elsheshtawy -- The history of planning residential neighborhoods in Abu Dhabi : 1961-1990 / Alamira Reem Bani Hashim -- Visions for new desert housing : an interview with Wolfgang Braun and Peter Säckl / Adina Hempel -- The evolving landscape of Dubai's national housing neighborhoods / Khaled Alawadi -- A visit to a sea port tower : Al Jeer, Ras Al Khaimah / Chaitanya Krishna Kumar and Karishma Asarpota -- Social and spatial organization patterns in the traditional house : a case study of Al Ain, a city in the UAE / el-Sayed el-Aswad -- Conserving the Emirati national house / Amel Chabbi -- The Al Meqbali house : a case study -- The people's houses : Sha'bīyaat Al Maqam / Rachel Goodfriend -- Photography by Reem Falaknaz.

Catalog of an exhibition curated by Alejandro Aravena, held at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy, May 28-November 27, 2016.

Foreword -- Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation -- UAE Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development -- Acknowledgements -- Transforming the Emirati national house / Yasser Elsheshtawy -- The history of planning residential neighborhoods in Abu Dhabi : 1961-1990 / Alamira Reem Bani Hashim -- Visions for new desert housing : an interview with Wolfgang Braun and Peter Säckl / Adina Hempel -- The evolving landscape of Dubai's national housing neighborhoods / Khaled Alawadi -- A visit to a sea port tower : Al Jeer, Ras Al Khaimah / Chaitanya Krishna Kumar and Karishma Asarpota -- Social and spatial organization patterns in the traditional house : a case study of Al Ain, a city in the UAE / el-Sayed el-Aswad -- Conserving the Emirati national house / Amel Chabbi -- The Al Meqbali house : a case study -- The people's houses : Sha'bīyaat Al Maqam / Rachel Goodfriend -- Photography by Reem Falaknaz.

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