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Baghdad Urban Renewal

Architectural and Planning Partnership
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Alternative Titles
Khadamiyah Preservation Area
Kazimiyyah Preservation Area
Bab al-Shaikh Preservation Area
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/28049
Date
1980-1989
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-
 
plan (drawing), housing with gate in Khadamiyah neighborhood
 
Type of Work
Development area
Subject
Urban planning, Urban renewal, Architecture, Islamic --Iraq, Architecture --Conservation and restoration, Housing, Residential architecture, Urban development, Persian Gulf States
Rights
(c) Architectural & Planning Partnership 1982
Rights Statement
All rights reserved
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