Expertise and Architecture in the Modern Islamic World
A Critical Anthology
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
304 pages
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illustrated in halftones throughout
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7 x 9
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© 2018
Review Quotes
Dr. Chris Moffat, Reviews in History
"The volume includes some incredibly rich meditations on architecture, history and modern Islam. . . . This is a well-produced and well-illustrated text that should be a welcome addition to any good University library."
Shahed Saleem | Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society
"The importance of Christensen’s volume is that it shifts attention from form to process and provides a scholarly and historical basis through which to re-interpret and situate the Islamic architecture of both the post-colonial Muslim world and of Muslim diasporas in the West. Thereby the volume connects contemporary Islamic architecture with its historical past, not by trying to draw parallels between architectural form from here to there, but more substantively by articulating the types of knowledge and expertise that have been bound up in their making since the 1800s. The collection is a varied, insightful and much needed body of work that will enable a broader and better understanding of Islamic architecture."
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