The Ottoman House

The Ottoman House Papers from the Amasya Symposium, 24-27 September 1996 - Monograph / British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara

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Publisher's Synopsis

Seemingly contradictory ideas of privacy and community dominate Ottoman cities. While houses are internally divided to guard female modesty behind a frontage studded with peep-holes, streets in cities like Amasya are often bridged by first-floor passageways between different houses. This book contains 17 papers by architects and archaeologists looking at how the Ottoman house was structured, how it has varied over time and space, and how surviving examples are faring in a world of breeze-block construction. Although the examples discussed are all Near Eastern, and mostly from Turkey, the revelations this book contains about structuring principles will make it a valuable companion to understanding architectural relics from all over the Ottoman Empire.

Book information

ISBN: 9781898249122
Publisher: British Institute at Ankara
Imprint: British Institute at Ankara
Pub date:
DEWEY: 728.09563
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 133
Weight: 929g
Height: 310mm
Width: 215mm
Spine width: 19mm