Influence and Resistance in Post-Independence Egyptian Architecture

ISBN-13: 9780367703622 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 240 str.

Marwa El-Ashmouni; Ashraf M. Salama

Opis

This book is an effort towards an in-depth understanding of the architectural discourse in Egypt developed over more than eight decades.

Spis treści

List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter 1:Influence, Resistance, and the Spaces of Local Discourse. Chapter 2:Global Conceptions and Incentives of Local Departures. Chapter 3:Historical Voice: Reoccurrence of Influence and Resistance. Chapter 4:Western Voice: Intertwined Attitude of Reference. Chapter 5:Configuration of the Local Discourse (1930s-1970s). Chapter 6:Reconfiguration of Space (1980s: 2000s). Chapter 7:An Outlook into the 21st Century: The Rationale of a Decolonized Discourse. Bibliography. Index.