Download or read book Hassan Fathy and Continuity in Islamic Architecture written by Ahmad Hamid and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking and richly illustrated look at tradition and innovation in the work of the world-renowned architect

Download or read book Hassan Fathy and Continuity in Islamic Arts and Architecture written by Ahmad Hamid and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides new insights into Egytpian erchitect Hassan Fathy's profuse, pathbreaking design documents and built projects, while exploring the socioeconomic, environmental, psychological, and esthetic components of Fathy's work in the light of a quest for a new universal modernity for the 21st century.

Download or read book Hassan Fathy and Continuity in Islamic Arts and Architecture written by Ahmad Hamid and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hassan Fathy, the Egyptian architect known for his recognition of the potential of vernacular forms as a vital force in contemporary architectural design, sought to integrate the traditions of Islamic art with his modern visions for living. Guided by Fathy's principles, Ahmad Hamid, an architect who collaborated with Hassan Fathy in the Institute for Appropriate Technology, identifies questions about the nature of Islamic art and its building culture, as well as the origins of modern architecture. This richly illustrated book provides new insights into Hassan Fathy's profuse, pathbreaking design documents and built projects, while exploring the socioeconomic, environmental, psychological, and esthetic components of Fathy's work in the light of a quest for a new universal modernity for the twenty-first century.

Download or read book Continuity Within Islamic Art and Architecture written by Ahmad Hamid and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Architecture for the Poor written by Hassan Fathy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture for the Poor describes Hassan Fathy's plan for building the village of New Gourna, near Luxor, Egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as steel and concrete. Using mud bricks, the native technique that Fathy learned in Nubia, and such traditional Egyptian architectural designs as enclosed courtyards and vaulted roofing, Fathy worked with the villagers to tailor his designs to their needs. He taught them how to work with the bricks, supervised the erection of the buildings, and encouraged the revival of such ancient crafts as claustra (lattice designs in the mudwork) to adorn the buildings.

Download or read book Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies written by Ashraf M. Salama and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses architectural excellence in Islamic societies drawing on textual and visual materials, from the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT, developed over more than three decades. At the core of the discussion are the efforts, processes, and outcomes of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA). The AKAA recognises excellence in architectural and urban interventions within cities and settlements in the Islamic world which are continuously challenged by dramatic changes in economies, societies, political systems, decision-making, and environmental requirements. Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies responds to the recurring question about the need for architectural awards, arguing that they are critical to validating the achievements of professional architects while making their contributions more widely acknowledged by the public. Through analysis and critique of over sixty awarded and shortlisted projects from over thirty-five countries, this book provides an expansive look at the history of the AKAA through a series of narratives on the enduring values of architecture, architectural and urban conservation, built environment sustainability, and architectural pluralism and multiple modernities. Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies will appeal to professionals and academics, researchers, and upper-level students in architectural history and theory and built environment related fields.

Download or read book American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 29 1 written by Sultana Afroz and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), established in 1984, is a quarterly, double blind peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal, published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), and distributed worldwide. The journal showcases a wide variety of scholarly research on all facets of Islam and the Muslim world including subjects such as anthropology, history, philosophy and metaphysics, politics, psychology, religious law, and traditional Islam.

Download or read book American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 29 2 written by Syed Zahir Idid and Abdurezak A. Hashi and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), established in 1984, is a quarterly, double blind peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal, published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), and distributed worldwide. The journal showcases a wide variety of scholarly research on all facets of Islam and the Muslim world including subjects such as anthropology, history, philosophy and metaphysics, politics, psychology, religious law, and traditional Islam.

Download or read book Qayraw n written by William Gallois and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last years of the nineteenth century, the Tunisian city of Qayrawān suddenly found itself covered in murals. Concentrated on and around the city’s Great Mosque, these monumental artworks were only visible for about fifty years, from the 1880s through the 1930s. This book investigates the fascinating history of who created these outdoor paintings and why. Using visual archaeological methods, William Gallois reconstructs the visual history of these works and vividly brings them back to life. He locates pictorial records of the murals from the backdrops of photographs, postcards, and other forms of European ephemera. In Qayrawān, he identifies a form of religious painting that transposed traditional aesthetic forms such as house decoration, embroidery, and tattooing—which lay exclusively within the domains of women—onto the body of a conquered city. Gallois argues that these works were created by women as a form of “emergency art,” intended to offer amuletic protection for the community, and demonstrates how they differ markedly from “classical” Islamic antecedents and modern modes of Arab cultural production in the Middle East and North Africa. Based on extensive archival research, this study is both a record of a unique moment in the history of art and a challenge to rethink the spiritual force and agency of a group of anonymous female artists whose paintings aspired to help save the world at a time of great peril. It will be welcomed by scholars of art history, Islamic studies, Middle East studies, and the history of magic.

Download or read book Toward an Architecture in the Spirit of Islam written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hassan Fathy written by James Steele and published by London : Academy Editions. This book was released on 1988 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Arabic, French, German, Italian, and Spanish

Download or read book Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World 2 vols written by Susan Sinclair and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 1508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus, the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. The editors have surveyed and annotated a wide range of books and articles from collected volumes and journals published in all European languages (except Turkish) between 1906 and 2011. This comprehensive bibliography is an indispensable tool for everyone involved in the study of material culture in Muslim societies.

Download or read book Contemporary Mosque Architecture in Egypt and Iran written by Hosam Ali and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: I would like to introduce my research with this quote from Ahmed Hamid's book Hassan Fathy and Continuity in Islamic Art and Architecture: As a student of Architecture at Cairo University's Faculty of Engineering, I was ashamed that we Egyptians and Muslims had nothing in our syllabi that could be considered comparable to the genius of the west. Islamic architecture was omitted from the curriculum as being of no interest value for modern architects. It bothered me when I found that Egyptians believed the image propagated by some orientalists that Islam, and by implication its art and architecture, was backward.1 What is Islamic architecture in the first place? Rabbat summed Grabar's words by stating that "Islamic architecture is the architecture built by Muslims, for Muslims, or in an Islamic country, or in places where Muslims have an opportunity to express their cultural independence in architecture."2 Therefore, no matter what the architecture looks like, no matter what statement it carries, it will still be Islamic as long as it satisfies these. This gives a wide spectrum of options in the design of Islamic architecture. Nevertheless, Islamic architecture is not a separate entity. It is a reflection and a vessel of Islamic culture in the place where it is situated. To trace the influences of Islamic culture on its architecture, it is important to emphasize two factors that regulate all aspects of life for Muslims, including the ways they construct or alter their environment. First, Islam tolerates cultural and aesthetical differences in a multitude of nations. The concept of tolerance is commanded in the Quranic verse 34:27: "We did not send you (Prophet Muhammad) for all mankind except to bring them glad tidings." This means that the message of Islam is the message of acceptance of all the mankind with their differences in mindsets and cultures. When tolerance is applied to architecture it accommodates a cultural variety. Such cultural interactions and influences are evident when comparing Timurid architecture to Mamluk architecture, for example. Second, Islam urges us to respect the environment and be conscientious when altering it. For instance, the Prophet Muhammad used to consult all his fellows - even non-Arabs - when taking a decision on modifying spaces, as in the famous incident of digging trenches around the city following the advice of an Iranian, which was an innovative solution for the Arabs who had not previously known the concept of trenches. Despite such freedom of expression, the mosque remains the pivotal component of both Islamic identity and Islamic architecture. The belief for a Muslim is the core of life; therefore, the mosque becomes the center of their constructed environment. As Saoud (2002) puts it, "The religious beliefs and practices formed the center of cultural life for those populations, thus giving the mosque the central position in spatial and institutional hierarchies."3 From a praying space built adjacent to the Prophet's house from local simple materials, like mud bricks and palm tree trunks, to huge structures with extensive decoration and intricate components 0́2 a mosque is the journey of the Muslim prayer space. "Today, people use a mosque only for the purpose of Ibadah. But we realize that Network of Mosques (NoM) has a great potential to improve social welfare for the society who live around the mosque."4 Hence, studying the mosque is essential to understanding Islamic architecture. Another factor that has determined the face of Islamic architecture - and mosques, in particular - is related to socioeconomic changes in the world. The industrial revolution, modernism and postmodernism played a key role in changing the designs of mosques. This is reflected in the comment that the master jury of Aga Khan Award made about the Niono Mosque in Mali: "Islamic culture has only recently begun to emerge from a past whose aesthetic values were based on craft toward a future whose aesthetic values will surely be based on machine production."5 Islamic architecture comes in an abundance of manifestations. Various cultural and contextual influences on Islamic architecture continue to evolve. Throughout history Islamic architecture adopted the effects of surrounding architecture through adding spaces and elements that fitted the needs of the users. Nowadays, the concept is still the same, but there is more complexity to it, not only in the architecture itself, but also in the perception of architecture. Yet, with the rise of "the international style" and globalization since the mid-twentieth century, Islamic architecture has faced confusing choices for both users and architects posing the following questions. Should architects advocate their attachment to a particular historical period? Conversely, should they move on and adapt contemporary concepts and forms inspired by international architectural movements? Does the vocabulary of the past guarantee authenticity? Does the authenticity of this style of architecture merely depend on its forms and vocabulary? Does authenticity lie in the connection between a style and religious concepts? Many scholars, including Nasser Rabbat and Ali Gabr, tackled these questions studying multiple cases, especially following the debates around modernism, deconstructivism, traditionalism and regionalism since the mid twentieth century. My research will involve a summary of all these theories and their application in contemporary (21st century) Islamic architecture in Egypt and Iran. The purpose of this dissertation is to compare the approaches taken in both countries in designing mosques. My analysis will be based on the socio-political context of architecture, the influences that affected its designs and the lens of the relevant theoretical framework.

Download or read book Architecture in Context written by Hassan Radoine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East provides a foundation for understanding the critical context of architecture and design in this region. It does this by: presenting a practical overview of architectural know-how in the Middle East, and its potential for cultivating a sense of place introducing local architectural vocabularies and styles, and how they can still be reactivated in contemporary design exploring the cultural and contextual meaning of forms as references that may influence contemporary architecture discussing important discourses and trends in architecture that allow a rethinking of the current global/local dichotomy. Highly illustrated, the book covers architecture and design in North Africa, the Levant, the Gulf, and Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

Download or read book The Guru written by Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hassan Fathy returned from Athens to live in Cairo in 1962. He was thoroughly depressed at the thought of having to live among the noisy, crowded streets of modern Cairo. However, he lived in a flat in the Aly Labib house, a Mamluk house built in the 18th century and was known as Beit Al-Fan (home of the art). Not surprisingly, Fathy’s belief in the value of tradition was still strong. His primary concern was to develop his mud-brick style and the self-help building approach, which he had been experimenting with since the mid-1940s. In the period between 1962 and 1967, Fathy experienced misfortune in realizing many projects. However, since 1967 until his death in 1989, Fathy’ traditional approach began to be appreciated and he was able to design and build many different residential projects as well as commercial ones. In the 1980, Fathy’s effort was acknowledged by many awards including, the United Nations Peace Medal, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and the first Gold Medal of the Union Internationale des Architects. In 1989, Fathy died in his 18th century Mamluk house, Cairo.

Download or read book Hassan Fathy written by James Maude Richards and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings written by Marc Kushner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture. We’re asking more of architecture than ever before; the response will define our future. A pavilion made from paper. A building that eats smog. An inflatable concert hall. A research lab that can walk through snow. We’re entering a new age in architecture—one where we expect our buildings to deliver far more than just shelter. We want buildings that inspire us while helping the environment; buildings that delight our senses while serving the needs of a community; buildings made possible both by new technology and repurposed materials. Like an architectural cabinet of wonders, this book collects the most innovative buildings of today and tomorrow. The buildings hail from all seven continents (to say nothing of other planets), offering a truly global perspective on what lies ahead. Each page captures the soaring confidence, the thoughtful intelligence, the space-age wonder, and at times the sheer whimsy of the world’s most inspired buildings—and the questions they provoke: Can a building breathe? Can a skyscraper be built in a day? Can we 3D-print a house? Can we live on the moon? Filled with gorgeous imagery and witty insight, this book is an essential and delightful guide to the future being built around us—a future that matters more, and to more of us, than ever.