Beschreibung:
Since the dawn of the oil era, cities in Saudi Arabia have witnessed rapid growth and profound societal changes. As a response to foreign architectural solutions and the increasing popularity of Western lifestyles, a distinct style of architecture and urban planning has emerged. Characterised by an emphasis on privacy, expressed through high enclosures, gates, blinds, and tinted windows, 'New Islamic Urbanism' constitutes for some an important element of piety. For others, it enables alternative ways of life, indulgence in banned social practices, and the formation of both publics and counterpublics.
Introduction1. A brief history of Jeddah in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries2. Public and private space in Jeddah in the first half of the twentieth century3. The transformation of urban space in the early oil era, 1950s and 1960s4. Architecture and religious reform: Architectural discourse from the 1970s to the 1990s 5. Residential architecture, from the 1970s to the early twenty-first century6. Navigating urban space: Jeddah, early twenty-first century7. ConclusionReferencesIndex