Rebuilding Iraq 1955-58: modernist housing, national aspirations, and global ambitions
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2006Source
Journal / International Working-Party for Documentation & Conservation of Buildings, Sites & Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement (Docomomo)Issue
35Pages
71-77Google Scholar check
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The Iraq Development Board, established in 1950, used the Greek firm of Doxiadis Associates to plan comprehensive housing programs using 'Ekistiks' a rational, scientific approach to housing.