Heritage and Contemporary Arab Architecture

Present is past for tomorrow what we see now as contemporary, will be heritage tomorrow. In this research an attempt is made to outline the relation between heritage and contemporary Arab architecture of Doha/Qatar in order to understand the future vision of architecture. The relation between heritage and contemporary is a complex issue, especially in the culture. One goal of this thesis is to investigate the importance of using the local data in respect of nature and culture to learn from the architecture experience to reach a sustainable architecture. This book illustrated the example of ' Doha/Qatar ', the city is affected by fast urban transformations and changing social structures. Hence examined questions how the architecture and culture in Doha/Qatar were affected by this transformation. The study elaborates how we can achieve the sustainability of the architectural heritage in order to evaluate the issue of architectural design for the future vision.

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Hussein Alragabi - Departamento de Arquitectura, Programa de Design Arquitectónico. Palestrante na Universidade Politécnica da Palestina.