amo, archis and moutamarat have released the book ‘al manakh’, the first ever comprehensive analyasis of the development of the gulf, as a special issue of volume magazine. ‘al manakh offers a detailed analysis of the history, culture and architecture of the gulf region including kuwait, bahrain, qatar, abu dhabi, dubai and ras al khaimah and discusses the implications of the rapid development of these territories for the rest of the world’.

key figures such as rem koolhaas, ole bouman and thomas krens discuss their current take on the current development of this region for the first time, along with their predictions for the future of this ‘ultimate tabula rasa’.