Abdelhalim Ibrahim Abdelhalim

James Steele is professor in the School of Architecture, University of Southern California, where he has taught courses on the history and theory of architecture and on design. Prior to that he held a teaching position for ten years at the King Faisal (now Dammam) University near Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of over 50 books, including An Architecture for People: The Complete Works of Hassan Fathy, Turkey: A Traveller's Historical and Architectural Guide, and Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Tracing the Next Generation.

"Thanks to an extensive body of visual material, including sketches, color drawings, and photographs of models, buildings, and sites, this richly illustrated book allows the reader to understand the diversity of Abdelhalim’s work and thought."—International Journal of Islamic Architecture"An impressively informative, exceptionally detailed, and expertly presented combination of biography and architectural study"—Midwest Book Review"Abdelhalim Ibrahim Abdelhalim was an Egyptian architect who saw his role as social enabler, working for community betterment through design. His work was inspired by its context, and often by the concepts he saw fitting to the projects at hand. Through a combination of diplomacy and persistence he successfully navigated the challenges of implementing large projects in his native Egypt at a time when functionalism was the order of the day.” —Seif El Rashidi, Al-Ahram Weekly

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: A Commitment to ResistancePrelude: Discovering RitualsChapter 1: RegenerationChapter 2: PossessionChapter 3: ReverenceChapter 4: OrderChapter 5: The Transmission of KnowledgeChapter 6: ProcessionChapter 7: Human InstitutionsChapter 8: GeometryChapter 9: LightChapter 10: A Sense of PlaceChapter 11: MaterialityChapter 12: ColorConclusion: The New Meaning of Resistance.Chronology of WorkAppendixBibliographyIndex