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Future Flyovers: Dubai in 1971
Author(s) -
Reisz Todd
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1859
Subject(s) - plan (archaeology) , watershed , management , history , engineering , art history , law , archaeology , political science , computer science , economics , machine learning
‘1971 marked not only a beginning, but also an end of Dubai as those who knew it knew it.’ Taking 1971 as a watershed moment for Dubai's development, architect, educator and author Todd Reisz examines how the acceptance and then refutation of the 1971 Plan for Dubai, drawn up by British architect John R Harris, proved pivotal.