Introduction / Josep Lluís Mateo

I. DEFINITIONS

A View from Above / Krunoslav Ivanišin

Inside-Out/ an interview with Ulrich Bellwald

…and from Within: Conditions for Architectural Practice/

a collage of interviews with Khaled Adham, Yaşar Adanali, George Arbid, Rami Daher ,Wael Samhouri

II. CASE STUDIES: CITIES AND PROJECTS

On the Road / Krunoslav Ivanišin

Beiruit

Notes / Josep Lluís Mateo

Beirut Modern: An Itinerary / Bechara Malkoun

Walid Raad: A Personal History / Cecília Obiol

There is a Combat in Every Context: an interview with Bernard Khoury

Three Projects by Bernard Khoury

Amman

Notes / Rami Daher

Amman Crossroads / Mohammad Al Asad

Multiple Realities: Four Projects in Contemporary Amman / Ala’ Zreigat

Doha

Notes / Anna Grichting Solder

Narrating Doha’s Architecture / Ashraf Salama

Qatari Vernacular…Arabian Deco / Ibrahim Jaidah

Desert

Natural Conditions / Josep Lluís Mateo

Project: Hotel in the Khor al Adaid Desert, Qatar

Five Desert Scenes: Najwa Resort Project, Wadi Rum, Jordan 2011 / Sahel Al Hiyari

Found Book. Shlomo Aronson, Aridscapes / Anna Hotz Semadeni

III. LIMITS

Turkey: The Republic of Construction / Ömer Kanipak

Beyond the Nonexistent Problems and the Rejected Tradition/ an interview with Han Tümertekin

Four Projects by Han Tümertekin

Iran: The Other Side of the Gulf / Saba Ghasemizadeh, Hoda Muller Khanbani

Found Book. Georg Gerster, Paradise Lost, Persia from Above / Krunoslav Ivanišin