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This collection contains abstracts for the editorials and research articles in International Journal of Islamic Architecture, Volume 4, Number 2 (2015). This volume is a special issue on the theme of ‘expertise’ in the architecture of the Islamic world since 1800 edited by Peter Christensen. To access the abstracts, click the orange "view the collection" button.

Full contents for Volume 4, Number 2

Editorials:

Christensen, Peter. "Expertise and the Economies of Knowledge of Architectural Practice in the Islamic World since 1800." pp. 243-253.

Research articles:

Türker, Deniz. "‘I don’t want orange trees, I want something that others don’t have’: Ottoman Head-Gardeners after Mahmud II." Number 2. pp. 257-285.
Troelenberg, Eva-Maria. "Drawing Knowledge, (Re-)Constructing History: Pascal Coste in Egypt." pp. 287-313.
Gerschultz, Jessica. "A Bourguibist Mural in the New Monastir? Zoubeïr Turki’s Play on Knowledge, Power and Audience Perception." pp. 315-341.
Handel, Dan and Alona Nitzan-Shiftan. "Industrial Complexes, Foreign Expertise and the Imagining of a New Levant." pp. 343-364.
Stanek, Lukasz. "Mobilities of Architecture in the Global Cold War: From Socialist Poland to Kuwait and Back." pp. 365-398.
Mack, Jennifer. "Form Follows Faith: Swedish Architects, Expertise and New Religious Spaces in the Stockholm Suburbs." pp. 401-415.

Book reviews:

Luyster, Amanda. Review of Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean: Christians, Muslims and Jews at Shrines and Sanctuaries, by Dionigi Albera and Maria Couroucli (eds); and Muslims and Others in Sacred Space, by Margaret Cormack (ed). pp. 419-423.
Novikoff, Alex J. Review of The Islamic Villa in Early Medieval Iberia: Architecture and Court Culture in Umayyad Córdoba, by Glaire D. Anderson. pp. 423-426.
Campo, Juan E. Review of Routes and Realms: The Power of Place in the Early Islamic World, by Zayde Antrim. pp. 426-428.
Brend, Barbara. Review of Picturing History at the Ottoman Court, by Emine Fetvaci. pp. 428-430.
Peirce, Leslie. Review of Women, Gender, and the Palace Households of Ottoman Tunisia, by Amy Aisen Kallander. pp. 430-432.
Aslan, Rose. Review of The Shrines of the ‘Alids in Medieval Syria: Sunnis, Shi’is and the Architecture of Coexistence, by Stephennie Mulder. pp. 432-435.

Conference precis:

Yilmaz, Ahenk. Précis of ‘Design and Resistance: Resistance with/in/to Design’, Annual Turkish Design History Society Meetings (5t),1 Yagar University, Izmir, Turkey, May 15–16, 2014. pp. 439-441.
Massoumi, Mejgan. Précis of Ottoman Topologies: Spatial Experience in an Early Modern Empire and Beyond, Stanford University, May 16–17, 2014. pp. 441-444.

Expertise and the Economies of Knowledge of Architectural Practice in the Islamic World since 1800

Full contents for Volume 4, Number 2

Editorials:

Christensen, Peter. "Expertise and the Economies of Knowledge of Architectural Practice in the Islamic World since 1800." pp. 243-253.

Research articles:

Türker, Deniz. "‘I don’t want orange trees, I want something that others don’t have’: Ottoman Head-Gardeners after Mahmud II." Number 2. pp. 257-285.
Troelenberg, Eva-Maria. "Drawing Knowledge, (Re-)Constructing History: Pascal Coste in Egypt." pp. 287-313.
Gerschultz, Jessica. "A Bourguibist Mural in the New Monastir? Zoubeïr Turki’s Play on Knowledge, Power and Audience Perception." pp. 315-341.
Handel, Dan and Alona Nitzan-Shiftan. "Industrial Complexes, Foreign Expertise and the Imagining of a New Levant." pp. 343-364.
Stanek, Lukasz. "Mobilities of Architecture in the Global Cold War: From Socialist Poland to Kuwait and Back." pp. 365-398.
Mack, Jennifer. "Form Follows Faith: Swedish Architects, Expertise and New Religious Spaces in the Stockholm Suburbs." pp. 401-415.

Book reviews:

Luyster, Amanda. Review of Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean: Christians, Muslims and Jews at Shrines and Sanctuaries, by Dionigi Albera and Maria Couroucli (eds); and Muslims and Others in Sacred Space, by Margaret Cormack (ed). pp. 419-423.
Novikoff, Alex J. Review of The Islamic Villa in Early Medieval Iberia: Architecture and Court Culture in Umayyad Córdoba, by Glaire D. Anderson. pp. 423-426.
Campo, Juan E. Review of Routes and Realms: The Power of Place in the Early Islamic World, by Zayde Antrim. pp. 426-428.
Brend, Barbara. Review of Picturing History at the Ottoman Court, by Emine Fetvaci. pp. 428-430.
Peirce, Leslie. Review of Women, Gender, and the Palace Households of Ottoman Tunisia, by Amy Aisen Kallander. pp. 430-432.
Aslan, Rose. Review of The Shrines of the ‘Alids in Medieval Syria: Sunnis, Shi’is and the Architecture of Coexistence, by Stephennie Mulder. pp. 432-435.

Conference precis:

Yilmaz, Ahenk. Précis of ‘Design and Resistance: Resistance with/in/to Design’, Annual Turkish Design History Society Meetings (5t),1 Yagar University, Izmir, Turkey, May 15–16, 2014. pp. 439-441.
Massoumi, Mejgan. Précis of Ottoman Topologies: Spatial Experience in an Early Modern Empire and Beyond, Stanford University, May 16–17, 2014. pp. 441-444.