Abdelhalim Ibrahim Abdelhalim: An Architecture of Collective Memory
Author:   James Steele
Publisher:   The American University in Cairo Press
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9789774168901


Pages:   202
Publication Date:   15 November 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   James Steele
Publisher:   The American University in Cairo Press
Imprint:   The American University in Cairo Press
ISBN:  

9789774168901


ISBN 10:   9774168909
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   15 November 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: A Commitment to Resistance Prelude: Discovering Rituals Chapter 1: Regeneration Chapter 2: Possession Chapter 3: Reverence Chapter 4: Order Chapter 5: The Transmission of Knowledge Chapter 6: Procession Chapter 7: Human Institutions Chapter 8: Geometry Chapter 9: Light Chapter 10: A Sense of Place Chapter 11: Materiality Chapter 12: Color Conclusion: The New Meaning of Resistance. Chronology of Work Appendix Bibliography Index

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An impressively informative, exceptionally detailed, and expertly presented combination of biography and architectural study--Midwest Book Review


An impressively informative, exceptionally detailed, and expertly presented combination of biography and architectural study --Midwest Book Review


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James Steele is professor in the School of Architecture, University of Southern California, where he has taught courses on the history and theory of architecture and on design. Prior to that he held a teaching position for ten years at the King Faisal (now Dammam) University near Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of over 50 books, including An Architecture for People: The Complete Works of Hassan Fathy, Turkey: A Traveller's Historical and Architectural Guide, and Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Tracing the Next Generation.

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