The Middle East is well-known for its historic gardens that have developed over more than two millenniums. The role of urban landscape projects in Middle Eastern cities has grown in prominence, with a gradual shift in emphasis from gardens for the private sphere to an increasingly public function. The contemporary landscape projects, either designed as public plazas or public parks, have played a significant role in transferring the modern Middle Eastern cities to a new era and also in transforming to a newly shaped social culture in which the public has a voice. This book considers what ties these projects to their historical context, and what regional and local elements and concepts have been used in their design.
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1 Urban landscape: public space and environment in cities of the contemporary Middle East |
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2 Between garden and geography: landscape as an emergent concept in the wider Middle East |
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22 | (23) |
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3 In pursuit of a European city: competing landscapes of Eskisehir's riverfront |
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45 | (22) |
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4 Inventing the seashore: the Tel Aviv-Jaffa promenade |
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67 | (23) |
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5 Sculpted landscape: the unbuilt public square of Islamabad |
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90 | (30) |
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6 Paradise reconsidered: the early design history of Pardisan Park in Tehran |
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120 | (29) |
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7 Aspiring masonry: design thinking and experimental vernacularism in Ferdowsi Garden |
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149 | (22) |
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8 Cairo's urban parks: space, place, and meaning |
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171 | (19) |
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9 Beyond greening: approaches to the contemporary landscape in the United Arab Emirates |
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190 | (17) |
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10 Contemporary landscape as urbanism: emergent ecologies of the Doha Corniche |
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207 | (24) |
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11 The sovereign global city: Omani post-traditional landscape urbanism |
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231 | (26) |
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12 Epilogue: urban landscapes and future sustainable urban qualities in Middle Eastern cities |
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257 | (12) |
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| Bibliography |
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| Biographies |
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288 | (5) |
| Index |
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Mohammad Gharipour is Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at Morgan State University in Baltimore, USA. He obtained his masters in architecture from the University of Tehran and his Ph.D. in architecture and landscape history at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He has received several fellowships and awards and published six books including Persian Gardens and Pavilions: Reflections in History, Poetry and the Arts. He is the founding editor of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture.
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