eastwest: Nabil Gholam Architects - Hardcover

Warren Singh-Bartlett; Nabil Gholam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9881619521 ISBN 13: 9789881619525

Publisher: Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of global architectural production, the work of the Lebanese architect Nabil Gholam and his associates defies easy classification. On the one hand it can be regarded as a competent, modern, global practice for which the legendary SOM is still a model. On the other, NGA are capable of creating works that possess a uniquely grounded, local character at a variety of scales, from one-off luxury villas to the occasional monumental project at an urban scale, as in their entry for the Jabal Omar International Design Competition, planned for Mecca in Saudi Arabia at the turn of the millennium. It is paradoxical that this prosperous, sophisticated practice should be located in what is still, despite its prosperity, the unstable and often violent environment of Beirut.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9881619521
• ISBN 13: 9789881619525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496