The Emirati Sha‘bī House: On Transformations, Adaptation and Modernist Imaginaries
In the United Arab Emirates, the Sha‘bī houses — a public housing initiative— offer a counter narrative that stands in opposition to the official vision of a modern and progressive society, exclusively expressed through a spectacular architecture.1 In their adoption of an incremental approach to hou...
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| Main Author: | Yasser Elsheshtawy |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Arabian Humanities |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/4185 |
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