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“The world is running out of places where it can start over.”
Rem KoolhaasAl Manakh offers a detailed analysis of the history, culture and architecture of The Gulf region including Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah and discusses the implications of the rapid development of these territories for the rest of the world. This is the first time that the unprecedented urban condition of this region has been comprehensively documented from diverse viewpoints and communicated to outside the region. Voices of architects, intellectuals and developers making the Gulf happen are represented in the numerous essays and interviews that accompany this richly illustrated study. Key figures such as, Rem Koolhaas, Ole Bouman, and Thomas Krens give their take on the current situation in The Gulf, along with their predictions for the future of this ‘ultimate tabula rasa’.


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3 Foreword

Malik, Khalid Al
6An Awakening in Dubai

Bouman, Ole
7Last Chance?

Koolhaas, Rem
14My Dubai

Moustafa, Amer A.
18 An Arabian Night’s Fantasy, and that’s ok

Kirchner, Mark and Samia Rab
23Madinat Jumeirah and the Urban Experience in the Private City

Rifki, Fatih A. and Amer A. Moustafa
30Constructing Fact, Fantasy and Fiction

Mitchell, Kevin
38The Dubai Experiment

Katodrytis, George
48The Cloud of Dubai

Karam, Nadim and Atelier Hapsitus
52 Project with the Secret Name

X-Architects, SMAQ
58 The Necessity of an Enlightened City

Kolo, Jerry
62Designing Dubai’s Future I

Fitch, Rodney
63Designing Dubai’s Future II

Domit, Elie
64Design in Retail

Greenhalgh, Tim
66Branding the Gulf

Till, Majdoleen
70Regional Statistics

AMO
72Sizing the Gulf

AMO
74Economic Resources

AMO
76Gulf in Numbers

AMO
78How Much is a Billion?

AMO
80 A Region in Brief

Koolhaas, Rem
82Gulf Histories: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah

AMO
152Drawn in the Sand, John Harris, Dubai’s Pioneering Modernist

AMO
168Master Planning with a Land Rover, John Elliott, Town Planner of Abu Dhabi

AMO
172Growth Management, 50 Years of Transforming the Arab City

AMO
184Witness to Kuwait, Jeff de Lange’s Extended Expat Contract

AMO
190Fairness, Carlos Ott Forgets to Sign

AMO
194Frontline

Koolhaas, Rem
204Mohammed Sadiyyah, K&A

AMO
208Babji Rao, KEO

AMO
212Rory Hopkins, WATG

AMO
216Cityscape 2006 Report

AMO
222Gulf Skyline

AMO
226Wake Up, Sheikh Majed Al Sabah Wants to Save Cities

AMO
230SimplicityTM

Deutinger, Theo
232Vernacular is a Mirror, Yasser Mahgoub Reflects on Kuwaiti Architecture

AMO
238Market Narrows, A Visit to the Souk

Reisz, Todd
248Reflections on a Regional Narrative, Rasem Badran on Gulf Sensibility

AMO
250They Will Come to the Desert, Al Areen Holding Company Creates an Oasis

AMO
252Ras Al Khaimah’s New Realism, Izzat Dajani Shares a Vision for Total Lifestyle Package

AMO
256Sustainable City, Ras Al Khaimah at a Crossroads

Graaf, Reinier de
266Visiting The World

AMO
272The World Press Conference

AMO
288Emerging Qatari Diar, Introducing an International Development Agency

AMO
296Marketing Multi-CulturalismMarketing Multi-Culturalism

AMO
298The Third Expat, A Walk through Deira

Kassa, Sara and Natalie Al Shami
304Workers City

Reisz, Todd
320Branding Qatar, Education City

Mendis, Bimal
326The Future of Knowledge

Koolhaas, Rem and Reinier de Graaf
330Palaces for the People

AMO
334After Bilbao, Thomas Krens' vision for Abu Dhabi as a 'cultural destination'

Koolhaas, Rem
338Development Atlas

AMO
374What Must Be Done: An Agenda for Design

Bouman, Ole
378Photo Essay

Schulz-Dornburg, Ursula
382Slum as Real Estate

CRIT
388Co-Ownership

Urban Think Tank
394Wild Dwelling

Goldhoorn, Bart
400Photo Essay

Nouwens, Monica
404Public Space Regained

Mensink, Jeroen
410Safety or Security

Devesa, Ricardo
418Photo Essay

Princen, Bas
422 Re-conceive Gulf Architecture

Ardalan, Nader
426Sharjah Biennale

428Global Warming and Other Matters

434Photo Essay

Roemers, Martin
442Empowerment

Gandolfi, Emiliano
447Feminist Sustainability

Torres Nadal, Jose Maria
450The Stockholm Syndrome

Ruby, Andreas
458Photo Essay

Cremers, Roger
464Conflict as Practice

Miessen, Markus
470Slogan Urbanism

Jun, Jiang
477Meta Domus Meta Abitare

Boeri, Stefano
487,A Year in the Gulf – Diary

Graaf, Reinier de

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