Baghdad Urban Renewal
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urban planner: Architectural and Planning Partnership (English, founded ca. 1970)
Time period
creation date: 1980s
Location
Site: Baghdad (Baghdād, Iraq)
Cultural context
Iraqi
Islamic
British
Description
With the backing of the municipality, the Aminat al-'Asima, Warren and his planners first identified two districts as "preservation areas," one around the mosque of al-Kazimiya, "the Golden Mosque," with its four soaring minarets and vast golden dome, the other at Bab al-Shaikh, the neighborhood surrounding the mosque of al-Gilani, a more modest but no less beautiful structure.
Then, in those areas, they picked out several hundred houses whose outstanding architecture made them worth preserving-
Then, in those areas, they picked out several hundred houses whose outstanding architecture made them worth preserving-
plan (drawing), proposed residential quarter in Khadamiyah neighborhood
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(c) Architectural & Planning Partnership 1982
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