Memoirs Engraved in Stone: Palestinian Urban Mansions (Help)

Memoirs Engraved in Stone: Palestinian Urban Mansions (Help)

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Book Description
This book traces the architectural and social history of seventeen urban families and mansions in sixteen Palestinian towns. With sensitivity and passion, the young author takes the reader on a journey through Jerusalem, Acre, Jaffa, Haifa, Nazareth, Safad, Jinin, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, el-Bireh, Bethlehem, Bayt Jala, Jericho, and Hebron. Beautiful photographs and drawings by Mia Grondahl illustrate the text on these hidden architectural treasures of Palestine.

About the Author
Diala Khasawneh was born in Amman, where she studied architecture at the Department of Architecture, University of Jordan.

Memoirs Engraved in Stone: Palestinian Urban Mansions (Help),Diala Shasawney,Riwaq-Centre for Architectural Conservation,0887282792,Anthropology - Cultural,Architecture,Domestic,Middle East - General,Social Science,Sociology

Book Contents:

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3. Modern Steel House
4. Moisture Control Handbook: Principles and Practices for Residential and Small Commercial Buildings (Building Construction)
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6. Neufert/Karle + Buxbaum Ernst-Neufert-Bau, Darmstadt : Opus 50
7. New Concepts In Renovating
8. Old Houses on Nantucket
9. On Domestic Architecture - The Sixth Book : Different Dwellings from the Meanest Hovel to the Most Ornate Palace (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
10. Pioneer Buildings of British Columbia

Book Contents

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