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In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world. Architecture in Global Socialism shows how their collaboration reshaped five cities in the Global South: Accra, Lagos, Baghdad, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City. Lukasz Stanek describes how local authorities and professionals in these cities drew on Soviet prefabrication systems, Hungarian and Polish planning methods, Yugoslav and Bulgarian construction materials, Romanian and East German standard designs, and manual laborers from across Eastern Europe. He explores how the socialist development path was adapted to tropical conditions in Ghana in the 1960s, and how East European architectural traditions were given new life in 1970s Nigeria. He looks at how the differences between socialist foreign trade and the emerging global construction market were exploited in the Middle East in the closing decades of the Cold War. Stanek demonstrates how these and other practices of global cooperation by socialist countries-what he calls socialist worldmaking-left their enduring mark on urban landscapes in the postcolonial world. Featuring an extensive collection of previously unpublished images, Architecture in Global Socialism draws on original archival research in sixteen countries and a wealth of in-depth interviews. This incisive book presents a new understanding of global urbanization and its architecture through the lens of socialist internationalism, challenging long-held notions about modernization and development in the global South.
Architecture, Modern --- Architecture --- Architecture and society --- 72.038 --- 72.038 1 --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 --- Design and construction --- History --- 72.038(6) --- 72.038(53) --- Oostblok-architectuur --- 711.4(C)(6) --- Ghana, Nigeria, Irak, Koeweit, Verenigde Arabische Ermiraten --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; Afrika --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; Midden Oosten --- Stedenbouw. Ruimtelijke ordening ; vormgeving en analyse van de stad ; Afrika --- Architectuur ; tijdens de Koude Oorlog --- Environmental planning --- architecture [discipline] --- urban renewal --- influence --- Eastern and Central Europe --- Abu Dhabi [City] --- Kuwait --- Baghdad --- Accra --- Lagos --- anno 1900-1999 --- Socialist realism and architecture --- Communism and architecture --- Réalisme socialiste et architecture --- Communisme et architecture --- Socialist realism and architecture. --- Socialisme --- Europe --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture, Modern - 20th century. --- Architecture - Europe, Eastern. --- Architecture - Africa, West. --- Architecture - Middle East.
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Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945–1973 is the result of a fascinating investigation by international experts into the influences of modernist architecture in the Arab world. Nine case studies provide the foundation for a thorough exploration of the relevant cultural-historical, sociopolitical, climatic and demographic aspects. Questions concerning the region's reciprocal relationship with modernist architecture in the period from 1945 to 1973 are investigated through the biographies of selected buildings and building complexes from Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. Texts, contemporary images, architectural drawings and archival material are used to document the process from commissioning and design through to completion and building use. -- “In cities like Beirut, Amman, Kuwait City, Jericho, Gaza City and Cairo, outstanding modern architecture developed in the wake of the Second World War, which is unique and diverse in itself,” explain the architectural experts George Arbid and Philip Oswalt. “With the book project, we want to honor this often neglected cultural heritage and thus not only make a contribution to its preservation, but also correct the misleading image of western-dominated architectural history”. The result is a presentation of ten case studies in Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco and Egypt involving Amin Alsaden, Aziza Chaouni, Dima J. Yaser, Janset Shawash, Leïla El-Wakil, Mercedes Volait, Mohamed Elshahed, Pelin Tan, Rafee Hakky, Sara Saragoça, Wael Samhouri and George Arbid.
Architecture --- Cities and towns --- Modernism (Architecture and urbanism) --- Islamic architecture --- Architecture, Modern --- 72.038(53) --- Fathy, Hassan 1899-1989 (°Alexandrië, Egypte) --- Ecochard, Michel --- Zevaco, Jean-François 1916-2003 (°Casablanca, Marokko) --- Riad, Mahmoud 1905-1979 (°Egypte) --- Karim, Sayed 1911-2005 (°Quesna, Egypte) --- Awni, Kahtan 1926-1972 (°Irak) --- CETA (J. Aractingi, J. Nassar, P. Neema en J. N. Conan) --- Alami, Musa --- Munce & Kennedy --- Nizar Al-Farra et al --- Islamitische architectuur --- Arab architecture --- Architecture, Arab --- Architecture, Islamic --- Architecture, Moorish --- Architecture, Muslim --- Architecture, Saracenic --- Moorish architecture --- Muslim architecture --- Saracenic architecture --- Religious architecture --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- History --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; Arabische staten --- Design and construction --- 72.036 --- Marokko --- Koeweit --- Egypte --- Palestina --- Irak --- 20ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Twintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- 72.033.3 --- Islamarchitectuur --- Modern movement (Architecture) --- Mouvement moderne (Architecture) --- Influence. --- Histoire --- Influence
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