Riyadh : Transforming a Desert City Sketchbook the new marketplace of emotions

the new marketplace of emotions

was accompanied with this comprehensive publication edited by Murtaza Vali and with contributions by Shumon Basar

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and Mirko Zardini

Riyadh : Transforming a Desert City Sketchbook the new marketplace of emotionsRiyadh has set its sights on becoming a world city befitting the twenty first century. To that end it has embarked on a massive construction drive evidenced in the proliferation of proposals for high end districts, giga developments and elaborate infrastructures. An urban vision seemingly dedicated to attracting global capital. Yet such a narrative can be misleading. A humanization programme, initiated during the tenure of its former mayor Abdulaziz