Windtower: The Merchant Houses of Dubai

Author:   Peter Jackson ,  Anne Coles
Publisher:   Medina Publishing Ltd
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9781911487616


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 January 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Peter Jackson ,  Anne Coles
Publisher:   Medina Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Medina Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781911487616


ISBN 10:   1911487612
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 January 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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''I do hope this book will enable other people to join in appreciating the unique nature of these buildings and that it will encourage an awareness of how relevant many of their distinctive features are to the modern challenges of building sustainable communities in a way that maximises the use of renewable energy.'' HRH Charles, Prince of Wales


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Peter Jackson is an author and a historian. He first worked in the UAE with John R Harris Architects in the early 1970s. His research for Windtower began in 1974, with his detailed measured survey of a windtower house in Dubai. Through a long and varied career, he ran an architectural partnership in Zimbabwe for 22 years, and has also worked in Oman, Jordan, Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique. For many years he was Historic Buildings Advisor to the City of Harare and was author of Historic Buildings of Harare (Quest 1986). He lectures and has written numerous articles on architectural history. Peter returned to the UAE in 2002, and as Architect Advisor in HH the Ruler's Office, has been involved with the planning and design of award-winning museums and visitor centres in the Emirate of Sharjah. In 2020 Peter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Dr. Anne Coles is a social geographer, who has lived and worked widely in the Middle East. From 1968 to 1971, while in Dubai, she became fascinated by its windtowers. She was a senior social development adviser in Britain's Department for International Development from 1994-1998 and has chaired two development NGOs. Before her recent retirement she was a research associate at the International Gender Studies Centre, Oxford University. Her research interests include migration, people's responses to harsh environments, public health and domestic/ vernacular architecture. Her recent publications include 'The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development' (as co-editor and contributor) (Routledge 2015).

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