Roberto Fabbri

new paper out! "The contextual linkage. Visual metaphors and analogies in recent Gulf museums’ architecture." @JournalofArch download it #openaccess from: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #architecture #museum #MiddleEast #paper #LouvreAbuDhabi #LouvreAD #Gulfresearch

If you are in Boston, join us at the #GCCatHarvard @Harvard for the #session "Telling our Story. #Identity #History #Heritage in the Work of #Gulf #Artists". The panel features @GhadaalKhater, @yarubbourahmah and is moderated by @NadaAmmagui @TheDiwanHU

IJIA is pleased to announce the 2024 winners of the Professor Hasan-Uddin Khan Article Award. Award Winner: Roberto Fabbri, ‘The Contextual Linkage: Visual Metaphors and Analogies in Recent Gulf Museums’ Architecture’, The Journal of Architecture 27: 2-3, 2022, pp. 372–97.

👽Alien Justice👽 Foster+Partners, Supreme Court of Singapore, 2005 (from the National Gallery rooftop)👾 #architecture_hunter #archphotography #architecture_safari #architecturephotography #architecture_view @ Singapore instagram.com/p/Cms1NxrjtVO/…

#architecture_safari #architecturephotography @ Singapore, Singapore instagram.com/p/CmszQWsDmZ1/…

John Portman, Pan Pacific Hotel, 1984. #modernisms #modernist_obsession #architecture_hunter #archphotography #architecturephotography #architecture_safari @ Singapore, Singapore instagram.com/p/Cmf_gpWBe65/…

Saftdie Architects, Marina Bay Sands (the banana split building), 2010. #architecture_hunter #archphotography #architecture_safari #architecturephotography @ Singapore instagram.com/p/CmZbdg_hxgm/…

St Andrew Cathedral + Raffles City Shopping Centre by I. M. Peí, 1986 @ Singapore, Singapore instagram.com/p/CmZaQarhdX1/…

#biofilicdesign Park Royal Collection Hotel, Singapore Designed by WOHA @ Expo 2020 Dubai instagram.com/p/CmZXltAhC5c/…

Alfred Wong, Furama Hotel, Singapore, 1984 #modernism #archphotography @ Singapore, Singapore instagram.com/p/CmZWfhVh6oA/…

Different densities in Singapore Business District @ Singapore instagram.com/p/CmJ9FkwBS5I/…

“The Contextual Linkage” article by @roberto__fabbri, professor @zayedu just hit 1000 views. The paper discusses the #architecture of Gulf #museums and the design process behind @louvreabudhabi by @ateliersjnouvel tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @MuseumsinArabia @ICOMOfficiel

@asibahi @SultanAlQassemi @routledgebooks try this: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…

@roberto__fabbri @SultanAlQassemi @routledgebooks Link doesn’t seem to work

"#Urban #Modernity in the Contemporary #Gulf", co-edited by @SultanAlQassemi and me, was published by @routledgebooks 1 year ago. Since then, it has been downloaded 1600 times, including 72 institutions in 22 different countries. Download your copy here shorturl.at/bzKPR

I received the news from architectural historian William Curtis that the Administration of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad decided to demolish the IIMA Campus by Kahn in the early 1960s. Let’s share and resist destructions to heritage caused by neoliberal projects

Zayed National Museum @ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates instagram.com/p/CkSXVTZBZz1/…

Dubai in transformation. Ceramic artwork at the old Ice rink. (undated) @ Hyatt Regency Dubai instagram.com/p/CiYOM_Phdps/…

Sharjah from Dubai, 2022 #archphotography #architecturephotography #architecture_view #uae #dubai #sharjah #urbanphotography instagram.com/p/CiYMuUNBpSe/…

M. Nuti, Biblioteca Malatestiana, 1452 @ Cesena instagram.com/p/CgXjxWCsqyA/…

Nicholas Grimshaw, Sainsbury's, 1988 #architecturephotography #grimshawarchitects #hitech #architecture #archilovers #archidaily #architecture_hunter #candem #forgottenarchitecture @ Camden Town instagram.com/p/CfOt99-srFl/…

Listening to @roberto__fabbri reflecting on modern heritage and its significance within the transformation of Gulf society. Fascinating stuff.