This thesis investigates the 'serial reproduction' of new downtowns as up-todate business and financial districts and high-end residential neighbourhoods in the central areas of Beirut and Amman. These new monumental spaces are designed as the 'icons' of
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Thesis (M.U.P.)--American University of Beirut, Dept. of Architecture and Design, 2005.;"Advisor: Dr. Mona Harb, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Design--Member of Committee: Dr. Sylvia Shorto, Assistant Professor, Department of Archite
