Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow

Mohammad Gharipour is an architectural historian and professor of architecture at Morgan State University in Baltimore, USA. In addition to publishing thirteen books, including Epidemic Urbanism (Intellect, 2021), he is the founding editor of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture.Daniel E. Coslett, is a historian of architecture and urban planning whose work focuses on the intersections of design, heritage management, and tourism in North Africa. He teaches art and architectural history and has published on colonial and postcolonial architecture in Tunisia and beyond.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Changed and Changing Field of ‘Islamic Architecture’ – Mohammad Gharipour and Daniel E. Coslett Part 1. Research and ScholarshipChapter 1. The Study of Islamic Architecture: Reflections on an Expanding Field – Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. BloomChapter 2. Widening the Horizons for the Study of Islamic Architecture – Bernard O’KaneChapter 3. Modern Architecture and Colonialism in the Islamic World 43 – Brian L. McLaren Part 2. Scope and Scale Chapter 4. From Garden to Landscape: Lessons from the Taj and the Alhambra – D. Fairchild RugglesChapter 5. Invisible Geographies in the Study of Islamic Architecture – Abidin KusnoChapter 6. Silencing Palestinian Architectural History in Israel: Reflections on Scholarship and Activism – Alona Nitzan-Shiftan Chapter 7. Islamic Architecture in the Americas: Advancing a Transregional and Hemispheric Approach – Caroline ‘Olivia’ M. Wolf Part 3. Historiography and ContextChapter 8. Cultural Encounters, Local Practice, and Historical Process in the Ancient Middle East – Dell UptonChapter 9. Neo-Eurocentrism and Science: Implications for the Historiography of Islamic Art and Architecture – Samer AkkachChapter 10. Carving an Epistemological Space for Southeast Asia: Historiographical and Critical Engagements – Imran bin Tajudeen Part 4. Fieldwork and Documentation Chapter 11. A Field without Fieldwork: Sustaining the Study of Islamic Architecture in the Twenty-First Century – Nancy UmChapter 12. Architectural History in Turkey: Between Fieldwork and Archival Research – Patricia BlessingChapter 13. Documenting Islamic Architecture: Objectives and Outcomes in a Time of War – Sharon C. Smith Part 5. Education and PedagogyChapter 14. Reorienting Perspectives: Why I Do Not Teach a Course Titled ‘Islamic Architecture’ – Jelena BogdanovićChapter 15. Decolonizing Architectural Knowledge: Situating Middle Eastern Pedagogies in a Globalizing World – Ashraf M. SalamaChapter 16. Educating the Public about Islamic Art and Architecture through Museums – Sheila R. Canby Part 6. Curation and PublicationChapter 17. Displaying Islamic Arts in Global Cities – Jorge CorreiaChapter 18. Curating the ‘Islamic’: The Personal and the Political – Leslee Katrina MichelsenChapter 19. Islamic Architecture on the Move: Publishing Architectural History in the Digital Age – Nancy MicklewrightChapter 20. Illustrating Islamic Architecture: On Visual Presentation and Scholarship – Lorenz Korn Part 7. Globalization and ChangeChapter 21. Uneven Geographies and Neoliberal Urban Transformation in Arab Cities – Rami F. DaherChapter 22. Affection for Nouvel Architecture: On Contemporary (Islamic) Architecture and Affect – Şebnem YücelChapter 23. The ‘Islamic-Modern’ Project in this Age of Uncertainty – Vikramaditya Prakash Part 8. Experience and UseChapter 24. The Tourist Gaze, Visiting Mosques, and the Folds of Architecture – Elif Kalaycıoğlu and Waleed HazbunChapter 25. Decolonizing the Conservation of Islamic Built Heritage in Egypt – Hossam MahdyChapter 26. (Dis)placement and Placemaking: Reconsidering Islamic Architecture through Refugee Agency – Kıvanç Kılınç and Bülent Batuman Part 9. Practice and ProfessionChapter 27. ‘Islamic Architecture’ and the Profession – Nasser RabbatChapter 28. A Trinity of Values in Architecture for Muslim Societies – Rasem BadranChapter 29. Relevance, Tradition, and Practice in Islamic Architecture – Kamil Khan MumtazChapter 30. Architectural Competitions: Creating Dialogues and Promoting Excellence – Hasan-Uddin Khan Contributor BiographiesIndex