MEMOIRS ENGRAVED IN STONES PALESTINIAN URBAN MANSIONS
MEMOIRS ENGRAVED IN STONES PALESTINIAN URBAN MANSIONS
The first two decades of the British Mandate (1920s and 1930s) were characterized by rapid urban growth and the first urban sprawl as important residential areas formed away from historic urban centers. Palestinian Urban Mansions focuses on this important era in the history of Palestinian towns and architecture.
Size: 27 x 25 cm
Soft or Hard Cover
No. of pages: 158
Publication date: 2001
Languages: English
ISBN: 0-88728-279-2
Diala Khasawneh
Born in Amman in 1975, studied Architecture at the Department of Architecture, University of Jordan. Memoirs Engraved in Stone: Palestinian Urban Mansions is her first book and is the second work in Riwaq's Monograph Series on the History of Architecture in Palestine. She worked as a researcher in Riwaq-Centre for Architectural Conservation in 1998-1999. Diala is a writer, painter and an interior designer.
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