Kanan Makiya

Gebundenes Buch

Post-Islamic Classicism: A Visual Essay

Beschreibung

Describes the metamorphosis of Mohamed Makiya from a classic to a post-modern architect. The author examines his eclectic style and argues that he combines modern advances in technology and materials and the romance and mythology of the Islamic aesthetic past.

Autor

Kanan Makiya was born and educated in Baghdad, Iraq. He studied visual design and architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and planning at the London School of Economics. In 1975 he became managing director of the London branch of Makiya Associates, Consultant Architects and Planners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 216mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1007g
• ISBN-13: 9780863562952
• ISBN-10: 0863562957
• Artikelnr.: 21787644