Re-imaging the City A New Conceptualisation of the Urban Logic of the “Islamic city” /

• Main Author: Falahat, Somaiyeh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Vieweg, 2014.
• Subjects: Architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Architecture / Design.; Architecture, general.; Architectural History and Theory.; Urbanism.

Somaiyeh Falahat investigates the spatial and morphological logic of pre-modern Middle Eastern and North African cities, so-called “Islamic cities”. She bases her argument on the fact that the city, and consequently its form and structure, similar to other human products, have deep roots in the thou...