Al Bahr towers : the Abu Dhabi investment council headquarters / edited by Peter Oborn with Edwin Heathcote, Edward Denison and Eric Ormsby

Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2013.
Copyright Date: ©2013
Physical Description: 207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Additional Creators: Oborn, Peter, Heathcote, Edwin, Denison, Edward, and Ormsby, Eric L. (Eric Linn), 1941-

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: Al Bahr Towers / Edwin Heathcote -- Form, Geometry, Technology, Symbolism -- Technology And Meaning -- Kinetic Architecture: Connected Culture -- The Influence of Traditional -- Islamic Architecture -- Eric Ormsby -- Muslim Architects -- The Influence Of Natural Forms -- The Qur'anic Basis -- Some Principles Of Traditional Islamic Architecture -- The Role Of Light -- The Mashrabiya -- The Tower -- Divine Geometry -- The Design of Al Bahr Towers -- Edward Denison -- Design Concept -- Design Development -- Procurement and Construction -- Edward Denison -- The Programme Principles -- Advance Orders -- Enabling Work And Main Contract -- Completion -- The Project Team -- The Painting -- Jonathan Meuli.

Summary

This publication is entirely centered on the design and delivery of Al Bahr Towers. With 300-colour images, it is highly visual with specially commissioned photography by Christian Richters. An illustrated introduction by the architectural correspondent of The Financial Times , Edwin Heathcote provides an engaging account of the background behind the building: the client, the circumstances behind the commission and its most significant architectural precedents. Expert insight is provided into the history and philosophy of Islamic architecture by Professor Eric Ormsby of The Institute of Ismaili Studies. A unique description of the design and procurement of these ground-breaking structures is provided by architectural author Edward Denison.

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9781119974161 (hardback)
111997416X (hardback)

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