Arish: Palm-Leaf Architecture

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Traditional buildings made from the leaves of date palms have provided shelter from the extreme climate of the Arabian peninsula for generations.

One of the few forms of vegetation in these hot and sandy conditions, palm leaves have been used in ingenious ways to create habitable structures that have endured for generations. In many regions this is referred to as Arish.

Arish: Palm-Leaf Architecture celebrates this unique indigenous building and craft tradition and provides the foundation for a genuine understanding of the region, critical in the context of the fast-developing global economies they have become today.
Extent: 192 pp
Format: Hardback
Illustrations: 295
Publication date: 2012-01-23
Size: 29.0 x 24.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500342800
Foreword • Introduction • 1. History of Arish: Photographic Overview • 2. Palm-Leaf Architecture of the Emirates: Abu Dhabi Emirate; Fujairah and the Emirates of the North-East; Ras Al Khaimah; Umm Al Quwain; Ajman; Sharjah; Dubai • 3. Design Details • 4. Contemporary Applications • 5. Resources
About the Author

Dr Sandra Piesik is an award-winning architect, author and scientist specialising in a diverse range of subjects from art and design to the implementation of global sustainable legislation, nature-based solutions, innovation, technology transfer and contemporary adaptation of traditional knowledge. She is the founder of 3 ideas, an Amsterdam-based consultancy, a member of the New European Bauhaus EU initiative, an advisor to UNFCCC, and a former senior consultant to UNFCCC, UNCCD, and UN-HABITAT Global Solutions Division on territorial integration. Her diverse global engagements range from art and design projects, leading research & development initiatives, international lectures, judging competitions, the nomination of awards, and collaboration with the European Union entities.

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