30.0 x 24.0cms 256pp mostly b/w illusts very good paperback & cover This book documents the 15 prize-winners of the first Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The essays are: Islamic philosophy & the fine arts; symbols & signs in Islamic architecture; conservation of the historical environment for cultural survival; Islam urbanism & human existence today; the poor people of Islam; urban housing in the 3rd world; changing roles & procedures in the design of public buildings; on recreational & tourisy complexes; on educational facilities; on mosque archiecture.

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Title: Architecture & Community: Building In The Islamic World Today. The Aga Khan Award For Architecture
Publisher: Aperture New York 1983
Publication Date: 1983
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0893811246
ISBN 13: 9780893811242
Binding: Soft cover

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Examines fifteen architectural projects which have won awards for developing a modern style that derives from traditional Moslem design

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