{"title":"Yasser Megahed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYasser Megahed\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the world of architecture and its cultural dimensions. His work blends narrative with professional experiences, revealing the complexities and stories behind the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful reflections on the intersections of design, society, and identity, framed within the broader Arts \u0026amp; Culture landscape. His writing invites an engaging look at how architecture shapes and is shaped by human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"practiceopolis-stories-from-the-architectural-profession-by-yasser-megahed-9780367425449","title":"Practiceopolis: Stories from the Architectural Profession","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a graphic novel about the contemporary architectural profession, in which it acts as the protagonist in the form of an imaginary city called \u003cem\u003ePracticeopolis\u003c\/em\u003e. The novel narrates quasi-realistic stories that exaggerate the architectural everyday and the tacit, in order to make them prominent and tangible. They depict and dramatise the value conflicts between the different cultures of practising architecture and between the architectural profession and other members of the building industry as political conflicts around the future of \u003cem\u003ePracticeopolis\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book uses the metaphorical world of \u003cem\u003ePracticeopolis\u003c\/em\u003e to provoke big questions about everyday routines in the profession that practitioners may take for granted, and to examine different ideologies at work among architects and other members of the construction industry. The novel ends in the tradition of dystopian worlds common in a certain strand of graphic novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy vividly illustrating and narrating the critical issues he interrogates, the author has created a world which any architect, student or professional, will both instantly recognise and simultaneously reject, provoking the reader to challenge themselves and the profession at large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607452270828,"sku":"9780367425449","price":70.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/95fbf3c83c1c28e014becfdf14ec9635.jpg?v=1778189704"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/yasser-megahed.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}