Islam + Architecture

by Sabiha Foster

Architecture in Islamic lands is at a critical turning point. Until relatively recently conventional academic research had been conducted largely from an 'Orientalist' perspective. Today, discussions of Islam and architecture are acknowledging the true diversity and complexities of Islamic societies. Innovative and sustainable for centuries, the architecture of Islamic regions declined with colonial and and superpower politics, and with the influx...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470090944
• ISBN13: 9780470090947
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Academy Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.3"