A century of architecture in the Arabian Peninsula: evolving Isms and multiple architectural identities in a growing region

Ashraf M. Salama

A century of architecture in the Arabian Peninsula: evolving Isms and multiple architectural identities in a growing region

Ashraf M. Salama^*

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Abstract

This article presents a positional interpretation and highlights the issues of identity, tradition, and modernity by critically outlining a number of voices that represent selected architectural interventions in the Arabian Peninsula. Through a reading of projects that emerged over a century from 1914 to 2014, an articulation is made to place such a reading into focus by classifying different trends under three economic eras: pre-oil, oil, and post-oil. The analysis manifests a continuous struggle to absorb modernity and construct identity and concludes with a number of questions regarding challenges facing architecture and future developments in the region.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Architecture from the Arab world (1914-2014)
Editors	G. George Arbid
Place of Publication	Manama, Bahrain
Publisher	Bahrain Ministry of Culture
Pages	137-143
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	978995840341
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

tradition
modernity
identity
contemporary architecture
Arabian Peninsula

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A century of architecture in the Arabian Peninsula: evolving Isms and multiple architectural identities in a growing region

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