The use of precedents in contemporary Arab architecture : case studies; Rasem Badran and Henning Larsen
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Author(s)
Ali, Mohammed K
Advisor(s)
Stanford Anderson.
Date Issued
1989
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Much recent architecture in the Arab World utilizes historical precedents in an attempt to articulate an identity for regional architecture. This thesis investigates this approach in relation to place and cultural context. The study is focused on three institutional buildings from the Arab World: two projects by the architect Rasem Badran, Qasr alHoukm (Justice Palace) in Riyadh and the Presidential Palace in Bagdad, and Henning Larsen's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh. The analysis examines the architects' designs and design research in order to reveal the architects' theoretical positions and their artifactual realizations. This approach allows for a deeper understanding design as a method and a production, and suggests an approach for architectural criticism.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-119).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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