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Additional Sources
 
  • Allen, Stan, and Marc McQuade. Landform Building: Architecture's New Terrain. Baden, Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers, 2011.
This publication on Landform Buildings examines the manifestations of landscape architecture and ecology in contemporary architectural practices. It documents many projects related to the subject and states facts in a neutral manner, which would largely help in understanding the premise of the topic. This source therefore helps to create a substantial introduction on the topic within the website before introducing the selected project that would reflect what it claims.
 
This is the official website for the museum handled by its governing board. As could be expected it is biased in its implications since it is a promotional site for the museum. However, it provides detailed descriptions of the architecture of the museum that could not be argued against. Thereby, this source would help to describe the structures architectural elements as well as its purpose and usage on a daily basis.
 
This source describes the museum from the view of a foreigner and provides a large number of images alongside the descriptions. It also quotes the designer of the structure, I. M. Pei and simply reports general technical and other aspects of the building like a narration of a story. Though many of the claims in this secondary source are taken from the published books and such, it would be very helpful for the website due to the large number or internal and external images it offers of the structure.
 
'Google Cultural Institute’ is a branch of the worldwide search engine Google that provides people a system to explore the interior of cultural institutes that exist even continents away. It operates the same way Google Maps operates, which means that one could examine the floor plans of an institute and put themselves in any of its rooms virtually and turn around and grasp the full view, as it would seem if you were actually there. This source thereby not only provides technical drawings of the structure but also lets one take any picture of the structure’s interior from any angle required which, would be helpful for the website if such images are needed.
 
  • Held, Colbert C., and John Thomas Cummings. "Places, Peoples and Politics." Middle East Patterns Sixth Edition, Westview Press (2014): 14 - 507.
This source is a study on the Middle East, and it provides general information on not only the topography of the Middle Eastern Nations but also discusses its climactic challenges. This therefore provides a solid argument and a way to clarify on how the landform and climate affect the designs within the region, such as the Museum Of Islamic Arts.
 
This article is somewhat critical and skeptical in its tone, which provides perspective on how to analyze this project in an unbiased form. It discusses more of the overall reason behind this project, why it was built and what it is meant to do for the country and its economy. This helps to state details about this project on the website in an unbiased form in the perspective of an outsider that is not culturally attached to the structure.
 
This is a detailed interview with the designer about his work after retirement. However they also discuss of this museum project while it was under construction within this interview. This source therefore provides the backstory of what influenced the designs of structure, the basic inspiration behind its simple geometric form. So through this interview, Pei could be directly quoted on the website on his feelings towards this project and how it came about.
 
  • Jodidio, Philip, and Janet Adams Strong. I.M. Pei complete works. New York: Rizzoli international publ., 2008.
This book is the complete works of Pei over 50 years of his career and it provides plans, sketches and photographs along with important details of his projects. The museum has its own chapter and is identified as Pei’s last grand project. This book draws comparisons between this project and Pei’s infamous Louvre Pyramid project and thereby gives us an idea of the importance and the value of this structure. These details could be used in the website in a similar manner drawing comparisons and thereby helping people to understand the similarities and differences it has with other Pei projects, other museums and other landform buildings in general.
 
  • "Museum of Islamic Art - Collections, exhibitions and art from the Islamic World." Museum of Islamic Art - Collections, exhibitions and art from the Islamic World. http://www.qma.com.qa/en/collections/mia (accessed February 19, 2014).
This is the website of the Qatar Museums Authority. It does not provide a large verbal description of the structure, however, it provides Images of every artifact and display within the museum, which is otherwise prohibited to be photographed by daily visitors. Though this does not entirely affect the discussion of landform architecture it may be helpful in a small fashion to display the purpose of the structure and how its design supports it immensely.
 
This is an article from the New York Times, which discusses the designer and the architecture of this project very thoroughly. Many important details and abstract ideas about this project can be gathered from this secondary source as well since the author of this article seems to be genuinely in awe of the project and thereby draws many comparisons as well as describes many feelings and philosophies it could portray. This could be helpful to the website since it speaks of the project in almost a poetic form which is a great way to get an audience and readers excited about a project.

 

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