Al manakh by Bouman, Ole; Khoubrou, Mitra; Koolhaas, Rem; Mutamarat; Stichting Archis; Office for Metropolitan Architecture. AMO; C-LAB; International Design Forum (2007 : Dubai) instant download
495 pages : 24 cm, Title on p. [2] of cover: The climate, \"Al manakh is produced as a special issue of Volume on the occasion of the International Design Forum Dubai, May 27-29, 2007. Volume / Al Manakh is a project by Archis + AMO + C-lab + Moutamarat + ...\"--Colophon, Dubai guide / edited by Moutamarat : My Dubai / Amer A. Moustafa -- An Arabian night's fantasy and that's OK / Mark Kirchner, Samia Rab -- Madinat Jumeirah and the urban experience in the private city / Faith A. Rifki, Amer A. Moustafa -- Constructing fact, fantasy and fiction / Kevin Mitchell -- The Dubai experiment / George Katodrytis : 1. Accelerated urbanism ; 2. Tourism and constructed leisure-land ; 3. Transmitted imagery -- The cloud of Dubai / Nadim Karam, Atelier Hapsitus -- Project with a secret name / X-Architects, SMAQ -- The necessity of an enlightened city / Jerry Kolo -- Designing Dubai's future I / Rodney Fitch -- Designing Dubai's future II / Elie Domit -- Design in retail / Tim Greenhalgh -- Branding the Gulf / Majdoleen Till, Gulf survey / edited by AMO: Todd Reisz, Kayoko Ota : Gulf atlas : Regional statistics ; Sizing the Gulf ; Economic resources ; How much is a billion? -- A region in brief / Rem Koolhaas -- Gulf histories : Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah -- Makers I : Drawn in the sand: John Harris, Dubai's pioneering modernist ; Master planning with a Land Rover: John Elliott, town planner of Abu Dubai ; Growth management: 50 years of transforming the Arab city ; Witness to Kuwait: Jeff de Lange's extended expat contract ; Fairness: Carlos Ott forgets to sign -- Frontline / Rem Koolhaas -- Introducing ... (Makers II) : Mohammed Sadiyyah, K & A ; Babji Rao, KEO ; Rory Hopkins, WATG -- Botch: a call to design : Cityscape 2006 report ; Gulf skyline ; Wake up: Sheikh Majed Al Sabah wants to save cities ; Simplicity [trade mark] / Theo Deutinger -- Regional case studies : Vernacular is a mirror: Yasser Mahgoub reflects on Kuwaiti architectu
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