Architectural Culture in British-Mandate Jerusalem, 1917-1948

AvInbal Ben-Asher Gitler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Four major communities, four buildings constructing their identities in the contested urban space of Jerusalem.This book examines a fascinating and critical epoch in the architectural history of Jerusalem. It proposes a fresh and analytical discussion of British Mandate-era architecture by studying four buildings that have had a lasting impact on Jerusalem’s built environment. Applying relational history methodology, the book reveals how these building projects evolved as an outcome of cross-cultural influences and relations among the British, American, Jewish-Zionist and Muslim-Palestinian communities. Further, the building and design processes behind these structures give new perspectives on the adaptation of modern architecture in the Middle East and the negotiation of historicism and vernacular architecture during the first half of the 20th century.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-16
Mått:216 x 276 x 16 mm
Vikt:1 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474457491
Utmärkelser:Joint winner of Concordia University Library / Azrieli Institute Award for Best Book in Israel Studies 2022

Utforska kategorier

Kolonialism och imperialism inom Historia och arkeologi
Arkitektur inom Kultur
Arkitekturhistoria inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Senior Lecturer (tenure-track) at Sapir Academic College / Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She is co-editor (with Yael Allweil, Dana Gordon and Eran Tamir) of Timely Teaching: Educational Idealism and Modern Architecture (Architects House Gallery (Israel Association of United Architects), 2017) and (with Anat Geva) of Israel as A Modern Architectural Experimental Lab (forthcoming, published in association with the Society of Architectural Historians of the USA by Intellect Books). She is editor of Monuments and Site-Specific Sculpture in Urban and Rural Space (Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2017).

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This is that rare book that by closely examining a few buildings opens out onto some of the most complex and contested social dynamics of the twentieth century.　 It makes perfectly vivid that at seminal moments modern architecture was a primary arena wherein cultural, national, ethnic, technological and religious values competed.

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Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. A Holy City for the Twentieth Century: Urban Planning during the British Mandate; 2. Appropriating Multi-Histories: The Palestine Archaeological Museum; 3. Americans Imagining Jerusalem: The Jerusalem YMCA Building; 4. Constructing Palestinian Identity: The Palace Hotel; 5. Constructing Zionist Identity: The Zionist Executive Building; Conclusion: Buildings, communities; Bibliography.