Notes on Formation inaugurates the Dongola Architecture Series by turning its full attention to Ammar Khammash — Jordanian architect, artist, and anthropologist — whose transdisciplinary practice resists easy categorisation within contemporary Arab architecture.
About This Book
This first volume in the Dongola Architecture Series is dedicated to the architects who have shaped contemporary Arab culture, and it opens with a figure whose work spans architecture, art, and anthropology. Ammar Khammash's practice is deeply rooted in place, material, and the cultural logics of the Arab world, and this monograph traces that formation across disciplines. Edited by Raafat Majzoub, the book brings a transdisciplinary lens to Khammash's thinking and making — essential reading for those engaged with architecture beyond the Western canon, and for practitioners interested in how culture, landscape, and craft intersect in built form.
Key Features
- 336 pages of monographic writing, documentation, and visual material focused on Ammar Khammash's transdisciplinary practice
- Edited by Raafat Majzoub
- Published by Dongola
What You'll Discover
- How Ammar Khammash navigates the intersection of architecture, art, and anthropology within a specifically Arab cultural context
- The transdisciplinary methodology that underpins Khammash's approach to design and making
- The editorial vision of the Dongola Architecture Series and its project of documenting iconic contemporary Arab architects
- A model for architectural monograph-making that centres cultural specificity over universal formalism
About the Author
Raafat Majzoub serves as editor of this volume. Ammar Khammash, its subject, is a Jordanian architect, artist, and anthropologist whose practice operates across disciplinary boundaries. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- Dimensions: 21 x 15 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789953970073
- Publisher: Dongola
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and students engaged with contemporary Arab architecture, practitioners interested in transdisciplinary design methodologies, and researchers working across architecture, anthropology, and cultural studies.