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Title Projecting Beirut : episodes in the construction and reconstruction of a modern city / edited by Peter G. Rowe and Hashim Sarkis
Published Munich ; New York : Prestel, [1998]
©1998

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Description 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: Projecting Beirut / Peter G. Rowe and Hashim Sarkis -- Sect. 1. The Urban History and Archaeology of Beirut. The Interplay of History and Archaeology in Beirut / Nasser Rabbat. Ancient Beirut: Urban Growth in the Light of Recent Excavations / Helen Sader. "Your Beirut Is on My Desk," Ottomanizing Beirut under Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909) / Jens Hanssen. On Solidere's Motto, "Beirut: Ancient City of the Future," / Fares el-Dahdah -- Sect. 2. The Modern Architecture of Beirut. Modern Beirut / K. Michael Hays. From Colonial Style to Regional Revivalism: Modern Architecture in Lebanon and the Problem of Cultural Identity / Jad Tabet. The Work and Influence of Michel Ecochard in Lebanon / Marlene Ghorayeb. The Role of Government in Shaping the Built Environment / Assem Salam -- Sect. 3. The Socio-Economic Framework for the Reconstruction of Beirut. Spatial Aspects and Socio-Economic Processes / Peter G. Rowe. Contested Space and the Forging of New Cultural Identities / Samir Khalaf. The Macroeconomic Basis of Reconstruction / Freddie C. Baz. Transforming the Site of Dereliction into the Urban Culture of Modernity: Beirut's Southern Suburb and Elisar Project / Mona Harb el-Kak -- Sect. 4. The Postwar Planning of Beirut. The Postwar Project / Rodolphe el-Khoury. Dances with Margaret Mead: Planning Beirut since 1958 / Hashim Sarkis. The Northern Sector: Projects and Plans at Sea / Joumana Ghandour Atallah. Heart of Beirut: Making the Master Plan for the Renewal of the Central District / Angus Gavin -- Sect. 5. Recent Projects in Beirut. Beirut and the Facts of Myth / Jorge Silvetti. Public Space as Infrastructure: The Case of the Postwar Reconstruction of Beirut / Oussama R. Kabbani. Beirut Sublime / Rodolphe el-Khoury. The Souks of Beirut / Rafael Moneo -- Sect. 6. Prospects and a Vision for Urban Beirut. The Age of Physical Reconstruction / Hashim Sarkis and Peter G. Rowe. From the Geography of Fear to a Geography of Hope / H. E. Ghassan Tueni
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Architecture -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- 20th century.
Architecture -- Lebanon -- Beirut.
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Lebanon -- Beirut.
City planning -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- History -- 20th century.
Urban renewal -- Lebanon -- Beirut.
SUBJECT Beirut (Lebanon) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83068103 -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820
Author Rowe, Peter G.
Sarkis, Hashim.
LC no. 98011909
ISBN 3791319388 (paperback: alk. paper)