Proceedings of an International Seminar organized by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in association with the Kuwait Society of Engineers, which took place from 6-7 December, 2005 in Kuwait.

Contents:

FORWARD
Suha Özkan
PREFACE
Jassim M. Qabazard
INTRODUCTION
Mohammad Al-Asad

I. INTRODUCING CRITICISM
Françius Chaslin
21 Architecture and Criticism
Joseph Rykwert
28 Criticism and Virtue
Dennis Sharp
30 Architectural Criticism: History, Context and Roles

II. REFLECTIONS ON CRITICISM
Omar Akbar
37 Architectural Criticism and Civic Society
Aydan Balamir
40 Architectural Criticism: Thinking Thinner, Deeper and Wider
Trevor Boddy
46 The Conundrums of Architectural Criticism
Ali Cengizkan
52 Frames of Reference for Architectural Criticism
Hussain Mousa Dashti
60 Architectural Form and the 'Spirit of the Age'
Luis Fernández-Galiano
62 Fog in the Desert
Louise Noelle Gras
65 An Approach to Architectural Criticism
Romi Khosla
67 Architecture after the Age of Knowledge
Mouhsen Maksoud
71 On Culture and Architecture

III. CRITICISM AND THE MEDIA
Manuel Cuadra
75 The Power of Images
DoGan Hasol
81 The Role of the Media and Photography in Architectural Criticism
Hani Rashid
85 The Nature of Architectural Criticism

IV. KUWAIT CITY THROUGH THE EYES
OF AN ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Kamran Adle
89 Colour plates

V. ARCHITECTURAL PUBLISHING AND JOURNALISM
IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Kamran Afshar Naderi
123 The Impact of Architectural Criticism on Iranian Architecture after the Islamic Revolution
Mohamed A. Ibrahim
127 Architectural Publications in Egypt
Dina Sattarova
129 The Journal Dizain i Novaia Arhitectura, Tatarstan
Murtuza Shikoh
130 Architectural Publishing in Pakistan
Timur Turekulov
132 Architectural Criticism and Publishing in Kazakhstan

VI. REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Mashary A. Al-Naim
137 Crisis of Modernity and the Lack of Architectural Criticism in the Arab World
Darab Diba
145 An Agenda for Architectural Journalism and Criticism in Iran
Suneet Paul
153 Emerging Architectural Journalism: An Indian Experience
Budi A. Sukada
155 Regional Reflections: Indonesia

VII. CRITICAL CULTURE: THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE GULF
Nader Ardalan
163 The Architect as Critic: Reconceiving the Architecture of the Gulf Region
Ole Bouman
172 Desperate Decadence
Sally Khanafer, Afnan Al Rabaian and Ayesha Al Sager
176 The City in Hiding: Response to Ole Bouman's "Desperate Decadence"
Peter Davey
178 Criticism and the Gulf: A Vision for the Future
Yasmin Shariff
181 Critical Culture: Lifting the Fog on Kuwait City

VIII. BRINGING IT TOGETHER
Robert Ivy
187 Notes on a Seminar Session
Michael Sorkin
191 Epilogue: Everybody's a Critic

201 Appendix: list of authors in this monograph and seminar participants
203 Acknowledgments

Al-Asad, Mohammad with Majd Musa, editors. Architectural Criticism and Journalism: Global Perspectives. Turin: Umberto Allemandi, 2006.

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