The Architecture of Oman

Abstract

Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales Preface by HE Yahya bin Mahfoudh al Mantheri, Minister of Higher Education and Chairman, Sultan Qaboos University Council, Oman Preface by Professor Christopher Frayling, Rector and Vice-Provost, Royal College of Art Introduction Chapter 1: Traditional Architecture and Settlement Patterns Regional Styles and Building Traditions The Climatic Influence on Regional Architecture - Farokh Afshar, Allan Cain and John Norton Aflaj: Architecture in the Landscape - James Parry Chapter 2: Muscat: Traditional City and Greater Capital Town Planning in the 1970s Modern Muscat Old Muscat and Its Fortifications - Enrico d'Errico Vernacular Architecture Chapter 3: Al Batinah Coast, Musandam and al Jabal al Akhdar Chapter 4: The Towns of al Dakhiliyyah and al Zahirah Chapter 5: The Architecture of al Sharqiyyah Chapter 6: The Architecture of Southern Dhofar. Notes Glossary Bibliography Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Illustration Credits Index.

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