The architecture of Oman /

دملوجي، سلمى سمر، 1954-

The architecture of Oman / Salma Samar Damluji. - 1st ed. - Reading, UK : Garnet, 1998. - xii, 499 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 484) and index.

Map of Oman -- CHAPTER I. Traditional Architecture and Settlement Patterns : Regional Styles and Building Traditions - The Climatic Influence on Regional Architecture - Aflaj ; Architecture in the Landscape -- CHAPTER 2. Muscat : Traditional City and Greater Capital : Town Planning in the 1970s - Modern Muscat - Old Muscat and Its Fortifications - Vernacular Architecture -- CHAPTER 3. Al Batinah Coast, Musandam and al Jabal al Akhdar : Al Batinah Coast - Musandam - al Jabal al Akhdar -- CHAPTER 4. The Towns of al Dakhiliyyah and al Zahirah : Nazwa - Jabrin - Al Ghafat - Adm - Al Hamra - Manaḥ - Ibri - Yanqul - Al Buraymi -- CHAPTER 5. The Architecture of al Sharqiyyah : Ibra - Al Muḍaybi - Al Mudayrib - Snaw - Sur - Al Kamil wa al Wafi - Jalan - Wadi Bani Khalid - Ras al Hadd -- CHAPTER 6. The Architecture of Southern Dhofar : Şalalah - Taqah - Mirbät - Sadh - Dalkut and Rakhyut.

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Architecture--History.--Oman
Islamic architecture--Oman.
Vernacular architecture--Oman.

NA1490.O5 / D36 1998

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