Title: Modernism and the Middle East
Description: This collection of essays treats the development of modern architecture in the Middle East, ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, and on to present-day Iraq. The essays cohere around the encounter between the politics of nation-building and architectural modernism.
Subjects: Architecture and society, Modernism (Aesthetics), History, Architecture, middle east, 15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general, 21.62 history of architecture, Arkitektur och samhälle, Historia
Places: Middle East
Time periods: 20th century