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Showpiece city : how architecture made Dubai
- Title
- Showpiece city : how architecture made Dubai / Todd Reisz.
- Author
- Reisz, Todd
- Publication
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- 406 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Dubai is famous for its staggering skyline and dizzying architectural wonders. In the 1950s, though, the city was little more than a small fishing settlement. Showpiece City narrates how Dubai was modernized over the course of twenty-five years by British colonial authorities and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Dubai's cityscape, chaotic and hyper-modern though it may seem, is based on the careful planning of British architect John Harris. Todd Reisz tells the story of how Dubai was planned and transformed from the 1950s to the 1970s under the auspices of global capitalism"--
- Series Statement
- Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
- Uniform Title
- Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-389) and index.
- Contents
- Bustle -- Landscapes for production -- Hardened edges -- Taking measures : 1960 Dubai Town Plan -- Piecemeal : Al Maktoum Hospital -- Crispness : National Bank of Dubai -- Health city : Rashid Hospital -- Future flyovers : 1971 Dubai Development Plan -- All in all : Dubai World Trade Centre.
- Call Number
- JQE 21-100
- ISBN
- 9781503609884
- 150360988X
- 9781503613867 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020004569
- OCLC
- 1138674870
- Author
- Reisz, Todd, author.
- Title
- Showpiece city : how architecture made Dubai / Todd Reisz.
- Publisher
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and culturesStanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-389) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Reisz, Todd. Showpiece city. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020. 9781503613867 (DLC) 2020004570
- Research Call Number
- JQE 21-100