 Steele, James Architecture for a Changing World , London: Academy Editions, 1992.Illustrated by 280 Colour Photogrpahs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to 1854901737 Dust jacket complete, unclipped, some discolouring. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No ownership inscription. 212 pages clean and tight. Recent social, political and environmental upheavals have had a two-fold effect on the built environment in Third World countries. They have destroyed the traditional cultural structure in rural areas, which has led tQ homelessness and the marginalisation of entire communities, and large-scale urbanization has beconte'a.,powerful phenomenon of which the Islamic World is'very.much,a part. Such global changes have had a- dramatic .impact,on the Jury for the Aga Khan Award for-Architecture, whose selections for 1992 are presented here. The projects selected this year, which address issues relevant to both the developing and developed world,are economically su`stainahle, humanistic solutions to difficult problems, and generate a new architectural language. They provide a valuable insight into an alternative design approach for both rural and urban .environments. Essays by Suha Ozkan of the Aga Khan Awwrd for Architecture, Mohammed Arkoun, Professor of Islamic Thought at the Sorbonne,. Paris, and Arif Hasan, Pakistani architect and planner, place the projects within the context of the major social transition now underway., and an article by the late Hassan Fathy on Contemporaneity in the 'City provides a historical perspective. Each award-winning project is described in detail by Charles Moore and Selma al-Radi, and they are comparatively reviewed by James Steele. A brief history of Samarkand, where the awards were presented, completes this volume. (Book ref. 125628 ) £ 12.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Charles Bossom , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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