This is a study in vernacular architecture covering the Middle East and North Africa, particularly concentrating on the interaction between religion and society on the one hand and building practice and city planning on the other. Using various sources, some of which date back to the fourteenth century, the author convincingly contends that building and urban development accomplished within the Arabic-Islamic cultural framework achieved a high level of sophistication.
- ISBN10 0710307284
- ISBN13 9780710307286
- Publish Date 30 January 2002
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 6 June 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Kegan Paul
- Format Paperback
- Pages 193
- Language English