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This booklet is completely established at the layout and supply of Al Bahr Towers. With 300-colour pictures, it truly is hugely visible with especially commissioned images through Christian Richters. An illustrated creation by means of the architectural correspondent of The monetary Times, Edwin Heathcote offers an enticing account of the historical past in the back of the development: the buyer, the conditions in the back of the fee and its most vital architectural precedents. professional perception is supplied into the heritage and philosophy of Islamic structure through Professor Eric Ormsby of The Institute of Ismaili experiences. a different description of the layout and procurement of those ground-breaking constructions is supplied through architectural writer Edward Denison.

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