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Showpiece city : how architecture made Dubai /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 Center.