Todd Reisz

Todd Reisz is an architect and writer living in Amsterdam. His work examines the global practice of architecture, specifically how the architect circulates technologies and cultural narratives. His book Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai (Stanford University Press, 2020) explores architecture’s packaging to sell Dubai on a global stage. He has also co-edited Building Sharjah (Birkhäuser, 2021). He runs Night School, a public program dedicated to urbanism and history, at Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai.

7 February, 2025 • Todd Reisz

Resilient Cartologies: History of the Persian Gulf

History writing opens the door for the writers and their readers to see the Persian Gulf as a connecting point rather than a delimited void.