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OverviewWindtowers have, for many, come to serve as a symbol of the Arabian Gulf's cultural heritage. These dramatic architectural features, popular in the courtyard houses of notable trading families up and down the Gulf long before the modern age, were not only strikingly beautiful, but were also highly functional, intuitively capturing scientific techniques that would harness the wind to provide natural air conditioning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anne Coles , Professor Peter JacksonPublisher: Stacey International Imprint: Stacey International Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 25.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 30.00cm Weight: 1.479kg ISBN: 9781905299249ISBN 10: 1905299249 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 31 October 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDr Anne Coles is a social geographer, who lived and worked in Dubai from 1968-71. She has spent many years in the Middle East, combining research with family responsibilities. Anne is presently a research associate at the International Gender Studies Centre in Department of International Development, Oxford University. Peter Jackson RIBA studied architecture at the Bartlett School, UCL, working first in London, with periods of employment in the early 1970s in Dubai, Muscat and Jordan. He worked in Zambia, before establishing a practice in 1980 in Zimbabwe. He has written numerous papers and articles on architectural historical research, and the book Historic Buildings of Harare. In 2002 he returned to work as an architect in Dubai. Peter Jackson is an author and a historian. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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