Civil Architecture - Two Thousand Years of Non-Urban History
| Author | Ali Ismail Karimi; Hamed Bukhamseen |
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| Publisher | Kaph Books |
| ISBN | 9786148035746 |
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| Status | not yet published |
This publication explores formal planning practices in the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of the oil economy, using them to inspire new design approaches for the region. The dominance of the oil narrative has obscured earlier relationships with landscape and territory—seen in highways cutting through the desert, extensive coastal reclamation, and the replacement of farmland with cities. Technocratic responses to the arid climate have supplanted land-based knowledge, while access to desalinated water and imported food has shifted the economy towards rent-driven urban growth. Two Thousand Years of Non-Urban History serves as a primer to the region, bringing together stories of agriculture, coastlines, seasonality, and geology. Featuring work by Civil Architecture, it pairs historical planning practices with contemporary design proposals.
| 160 p, ills colour & bw, 25 x 33 cm, pb, Arabic/English |
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