Regional seminar organised by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture held in the Department of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut in November 1999. The conference proceedings comprise the following essays:

• Opening remarks by Suha Ozkan
• Lecture by Charles Correa
• Urban design and Architecture in Lebanon: Introduction by Rifat Chadirji
• The genesis of Modern Architecture in Beirut, 1840-1940 by Robert Saliba
• Renewal of central Beirut: The BCD Master Plan and the shaping of architectural form by Angus Gavin
• The Architectural Profession in Lebanon by Assem Salam
• Notes on the Art of Selling Cities: Urban Design Strategies in the New Downtown Beirut by Jamal Abed
• Urban design and Architecture in Gulf Arabic countries: Introduction byTalal Akili
• Opening comments by Assem Salam
• Architecture in Saudi Arabia by Basem Shihabi
• Contemporary architecture of Bahrain by Ahmed Bucheery
• Kuwait Contemporary Architecture by Osama Al Duaig
• Aspects of the Modern Arab/Islamic City: Architecture and Urban Fabric in Abu Dhabi by Abbad Al Radi
• Architecture Re-introduced: New Projects in Dubai-United Arab Emirates by Rashad Bukhash
• Urban design and Architecture in Egypt and Bilad Al-Shem
• Introduction by Nader Ardalan
• Contemporary Architecture in Egypt by Ashraf M. A. Salameh
• Architecture and Urban Developments on the Central Lebanese Coast by Eric Huybrechts
• The Architecture Experience in Jordan During the Nineties by Bilal Hammad
• Architecture of the Nineties in Iraq by Suad A. Ali Mehdi
• Contemporary Architecture in Syria by Maan Chibli

Architecture Re-introduced: New Projects in Societies in Change. 2004. Jamal Abed (ed). Geneva: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Aga Khan Award for Architecture

CC BY-NC-ND