Author: Salma Samar Damluji

Publisher: Garnet Publishing Ltd.

ISBN : 1873938012

Language : English

-Size - 29 x 22 x 3.6 CMBinding : Hardback

- Pages : 472

- Examining in detail the cities of Shibam and Tarim, Dr Damluji analyses the buildings and planning of the Hadramut region. She argues that many new building practices are unsuited to the local environment, lack consideration of climatic needs and are technically inferior to long-established construction methods. Moreover, they presuppose ‘imported’ expertise and raw materials and therefore have implications for economic and cultural autonomy.

- The author

- Salma Samar Damluji, AA. Dipl. Ph.D. (RCA) is an architect and specialist in Islamic and vernacular architecture of Arab countries. After studying at both the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the Royal College of Art, London, Dr Damluji also taught at the Royal College of Art as both a Research Fellow and then a Tutor, and later at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. She has also curated exhibitions to accompany publications of her books, ‘Morocco Zillïj’ RCA, 1992; ‘Cities on the Edge’, RIBA, 1997 and ‘The Architecture of Oman’, RIBA, 1998.