Jeddah Municipality (1 results)
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Published by Jeddah Municipality; Saudi Arabia Airlines / Saudia, Jeddah, 1975
- Softcover
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Original colour illustrated staple-bound wraps 21x28cm. Printed by Saudi Arabian Airlines Press. 3pp Arabic text, (9)pp colour photos some captioned in English and Arabic, plus a double-page "Listed Buildings and Conservation Area" plan to the inner wraps captioned in English and Arabic. Good only, l…ightly creased with short closed tears, marks and small tape repairs to the wraps, and Arabic annotations penciled to p3. With support from the national airline, this was prepared to inform on efforts to preserve and improve Old Jeddah. It is undated, but appears to relate to the unnamed Conservation Master Plan designed by RMJM (1970), which proposed designating the historic city a national heritage zone, and classifying buildings by significance with new building regulations. The text opens with a brief history of the City and its houses (styles, materials, examples). It then describes how a Secretariat commissioned international experts to prepare studies to guide the process. The first stage involved identifying 1,000 historic buildings, arranged into 3 classes (national, regional, or local significance), 9 types (traditional town houses, large houses and palaces, caravanserais, mosques, minarets, courtyards, public buildings, villas, warehouses), and 3 sizes (small, medium, large). The second stage established 3 areas (Waterfront, Central Commercial, Old Area). Considerations included reviving old trades in vacant properties, addressing how spaces are being used, parking, service roads, avoiding demolishing existing buildings, avoiding building new roads, pedestrian access, chairs and sunshades, utilities and facilities for residents, etc. The plan shows the conservation areas on a scale of approx 1cm to 50 metres, graded A-C, with colour shading to distinguish buildings of national, regional or local importance. The photos show Bab Jadid (front cover), the Nassif, Noorwalli and Sharbatly Houses, the Municipal Building, other unnamed houses and streets in very good states of repair. Saudia's involvement is not explained, but probably relates to the tourism angle, as well as the fact it was a Jeddah-based company.
