Cover pageTo many Westerners, the Taj Mahal in all its splendor typifies Islamic architecture. Yet, the overwhelming majority of Muslims live on the very margin of human existence, far from such grandeur. The merging of Islam’s rich cultural heritage with modern technology to help solve problems of individual survival in the contemporary world forms the heart of ‘Architecture and Community’.Architecture and Community
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‘Architecture and Community’ has been produced to present contemporary architectural projects that were honored in the first cycle (1977-1980) of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and to manifest their symbolic, social, and cultural contexts. The essays on architectural and planning theory and practice were first presented at the Award seminars of the first cycle, and an introductory essay has been speciallyCover pageTo many Westerners, the Taj Mahal in all its splenArchitecture and Community Building in the IslamiArchitecture and Community Building in the IslamiList of contributors Acknowledgements ‘ArchiTable of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of Contents