Showpiece City How Architecture Made Dubai 1st Edition Todd Reisz 1503613860 9781503613867

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• ISBN 10: 1503613860
• ISBN 13: 9781503613867
• Author: Todd Reisz

Staggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famous—this book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival. In 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something more than an unruly port, a plan was needed. Specifically, a town plan was prescribed to fortify the city from obscurity and disorder. With the proverbial handshake, Dubai’s ruler hired British architect John Harris to design Dubai’s strategy for capturing the world’s attention—and then its investments. Showpiece City recounts the story of how Harris and other hired professionals planned Dubai’s spectacular transformation through the 1970s.

Table of contents:

1 Bustle

2 Landscapes for Production

3 Hardened Edges

4 Taking Measures: 1960 Dubai Town Plan

5 Piecemeal: Al Maktoum Hospital

6 Crispness: National Bank of Dubai

7 Health City: Rashid Hospital

8 Future Flyovers: 1971 Dubai Development Plan

9 All in All: Dubai World Trade Centre

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