{"product_id":"at-the-edge-of-where-ziad-jamaleddine-9781638402107","title":"At the Edge of Where God Built: Language. Concepts. Islamic Architecture.","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt the Edge of Where God Built: Language. Concepts. Islamic Architecture. uses Arabic language and typological distinctions in architecture to examine the diverse body of religious and secular work by L.E.FT Architects.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrganized around five Arabic spatial terms: tawaf--Ka'ba circumambulation space--jami--a mosque space--riwaq--a colonnade--dar--a domicile--and khirba--a ruin, the book conceptualizes L.E.FT's built and installation work to reveal how the architect's praxis translates linguistic and historical knowledge into projective design strategies that traverse religious, cultural, and geographic boundaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough At the Edge of Where God Built, L.E.FT contributes a practitioner's voice to critique the Eurocentric discourse on Islamic architecture, challenging its modernist typological framework, and proposing design strategies that are grounded in traditions of Islamic culture, yet conceived of in ways that inflect these traditions with a contemporary approach to architecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ziad Jamaleddine,Makram El Kadi,L. E. Ft Architects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1638402108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638402107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Actar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ziad Jamaleddine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48114108662015,"sku":"9781638402107","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d129e051-2199-49e9-9c83-67f283e11807.jpg?v=1769619171","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-edge-of-where-ziad-jamaleddine-9781638402107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}