Mahmoud, Ahmed

Bio Sketch

[2-4 sentences: who they are, when they worked, disciplinary home, why they matter.]

Key Works

• *Iconic Architecture contribution to Publicizing Cities* (2014) — explores how iconic architecture contributes to creating identifiable city images, tracing the shift from pre-globalization to post-globalization iconic production through Sklair's transnational capitalist class framework.

Key Concepts

Concepts associated with this author that have pages in this wiki:

• iconic-architecture
• bilbao-effect

Relevance to Geoffrey's Research

Mahmoud applies Sklair's framework of the transnational capitalist class to case studies of London and Singapore, directly relevant to understanding how iconic architecture serves as a tool for urban publicizing and global city competition — a core concern of the Iconic Architecture and Spectacle research clusters.

Source Support

Source notes in this wiki drawn from this author's work:

• Mahmoud 2014 Iconic Architecture Publicizing Cities