Architecture Beyond Architecture: Creativity and Social Transformations in Islamic Cultures the 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

✍ Scribed by Ismail Serageldin

Publisher: Academy Editions
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 178
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume features the projects entered for the 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. An introductory chapter discusses the award and explores spirituality in buildings and contemporary society. The book includes descriptions of the winning designs in Yemen, Tunisia, Pakistan, Senegal and India. Contributors include Charles Jencks, Peter Eisenman and Frank Gehry.

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