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مزاوجة التيبوغرافية في المدينة : إقتراحات من أجل مساهة عامة تعددية
Typographic matchmaking in the city : propositions for a pluralistic public space = voorstellen voor een pluralistische openbare ruimte / edited by Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès.
Language: English, Dutch, Arabic Publication details: Amsterdam : Khatt Books c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 393 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:- 9789490939014 (pbk.)
- 9490939013 (pbk.)
- Muzāwajat al-tībūghrāfīyah fī al-madīnah : iqtirāḥāt min ajli masāhah ʻāmmah taʻaddudīyah [Added title page title]
- NA2543.S46 T95 2010
- Z 246 T95 2010
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | Z 246 .T95 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5066705 |
Includes bibliographical references.
The typographic matchmaking in the city" book offers a brief range of essays that discuss the complex topic of public space from their respective authors' individual experiences and perspectives. Through specific anecdotes, they elucidate the problematics and implications of designing for 'public space' and multicultural communities. These essays frame and contextualize the research and designs presented by the five teams participating in the 'Typographic Matchmaking in the City project. They briefly shed light on the function and role of text in architectural spaces, discussing specific historical and contemporary examples from cities like Beirut, Dubai, Muscat, Cairo, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and addressing the various roles of monumental typography in public space.
English, Dutch and Arabic.
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