Background
Lewcock, Ronald Bentley was born on September 27, 1929 in Brisbane, Australia. Son of Harry Kingsley and Ena (Orrock) Lewcock.
(With text in English and Arabic, printed dos-a-dos. Engli...)
With text in English and Arabic, printed dos-a-dos. English text runs in the traditional "front to back" manner, the Arabic text also is arranged in its traditional manner, "back to front." Each page has two numbers assigned, in opposite series, so that the English final page "172" is the Arabic page 1. With pictorial endpapers, maps of the region as frontispieces (the two are given to different scales), and illustrations throughout, including several printed in color from detailed photographs. An excellent copy, clean and tight, with no marks of any sort. How many of the structures documented in this important monograph were destroyed during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent first Gulf War?;
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Kuwaiti Architecture is a style of architecture unique to Kuwait, a country founded in the early 18th century. Kuwait was a relatively poor country with an economy reliant on declining trade and pearl diving. The economy was transformed by the discovery of oil, enabling unprecedented economic growth. Little has survived of old Kuwaiti architecture due to the high speed of development. Kuwait's traditional building materials were rubble stone covered with thick mud plaster, mud brick and sometimes Cora stone. Wood was rare, though mangrove poles imported from East Africa were used for roofs, as were some other few select woods from India. Early Kuwaiti architecture was relatively simple and describes as being based on common sense. Houses had a simple and basic exterior designs, and most artistic touches were found on main doors and windows (more on this very soon). These houses having to accommodate the communal and tight nit nature of Kuwaiti society were divided into separate quarters accommodating different members of one family, usually the male children of the owner and their wives. It is common to find central courts, as is the case in other Arab countries, that served as a gathering place for the families. Later, during the 18th century typical Kuwait merchant house was built in the Ottoman style that reached the city from Basra. Ottoman features included projecting wooden balconies enclosed with wooden screens or mashrabiya and covered wooden doorways which sometimes included European motifs. The extreme heat of the city made wind catchers and ventilation a necessity for most houses.
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Lewcock, Ronald Bentley was born on September 27, 1929 in Brisbane, Australia. Son of Harry Kingsley and Ena (Orrock) Lewcock.
Student, University Queensland, 1949. Bachelor of Architecture, Cape Town University, South Africa, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1961.
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1970. DArch (honorary), Natal University, South Africa, 1999.
Private practice architecture, since 1951;
Whitehead research fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge U., England, 1970-1972;
official fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge U., England, 1976-1984;
research officer, Middle East Centre, Cambridge, 1973-1980;
Aga Khan professor architecture for Islamic culture, director program in architecture for Islamic societies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1984-1991;
chairman Aga Khan program for Islamic architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, 1985-1987;
professor architecture, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1991. Consultant United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Habitat, World Bank, British Council, American Research Center, Egypt, since 1976. Lecturer U. Natal, 1952-1957, senior lecturer, 1958-1969.
Lecturer, examiner Cambridge U., 1973-1985. Unit leader design in developing world Architectural Association, London, 1977-1981. Lecturer Architectural Associations School, London, 1971-1982.
Visiting professor graduate school architecture Georgia Institute Technology, 1979-1984, Harvard, 1984, Louvain U., 1984. Visiting Aga Khan professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991-1993, UQT, Australia, 1996.
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Member county Institute History and Archaeology East Africa, London, 1976-1986, Middle East Centre, Cambridge, England, 1981-1988, British School Archaeology in Jerusalem, London, since 1981. Technical coordinator International Campaign for the Conservation of Sana'a in Yemen Arab Republican and Shibam and Wadi Hadramaut in Peoples Democratic Republican of Yemen, 1978-1993, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/United Nations Development Programme Campaign for Conservation of Monuments and Cities in Uzbekistan, since 1994. Steering committee member Aga Khan award, 1990-1993, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, since 1993.
Member Royal Institute British Architects (associate).
Married Barbara Sansoni, August 8, 1981.