Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. PREFACE. Acquiring and Producing (New) Knowledge. Reflection through Relation and Understanding 7
4. Introduction. Designing Modernity 11
5. Authors 14
6. Morocco
7. Sidi Harazem Thermal Bath Complex, 1959–1975 Architect: Jean-François Zevaco. A Post-Independence Icon 16
8. Egypt
9. Garden Suburbs, Cairo 1940s–1950s Architect: Mahmoud Riad. Early Experiments with Subsidized Housing 48
10. New Gourna Village, 1942–1952 Architect: Hassan Fathy. A Vision of Self-Building 70
11. Nasr City Housing Model 33, Cairo 1959–1960 Architect: Sayed Karim. Raising the Middle Class 94
12. Lebanon
13. Electricité du Liban Headquarters, Beirut 1964–1971 Architect: CETA (Aractingi, Neema, Conan and Nassar). Hope on the Horizon 116
14. Kuwait
15. National Museum, Kuwait City 1960–1983 Architect: Michel Ecochard. Cultural Nation Building 142
16. Palestine
17. Al Mashrou', Jericho 1949–1967 Architect/ Initiator: Musa Alami/ Arab Development Society. The Farm as Utopian Pedagogy 170
18. Iraq
19. Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad 1965–1971 Architect: kahtan Awni. Architecture as Urbanism 196
20. Syria
21. Damascus International Fair and its Monument, 1950s–1960s Architects: Nizar Al-Farra et al. A Modern Public City Space 226
22. Jordan
23. Al-Hussein Youth City, Amman 1962–1968 Architect: Munce and Kennedy. Sports and Culture for a New Nation 252