In the Land of the Patriarchs : Design and Contestation in West Bank Settlements

2024 On The Brinck Book Award and Lecture Series, University of New Mexico 2024 PROSE Award, Architecture-Urban Planning, Association of American PublishersAn on-the-ground account of the design and evolution of West Bank settlements, showing how one of the world’s most contested landscapes was produced by unexpected conflicts and collaborations among widely divergent actors. Since capturing the West Bank in 1967, Israel has overseen the construction of scores of settlements across the territory’s rocky hilltops.The settlements are part of a fierce political conflict.But they are not just hotly contested political ventures.They are also something more everyday: residential architectural projects.In the Land of the Patriarchs is an on-the-ground account of the design and evolution of West Bank settlements.Noam Shoked shows how settlements have been shaped not only by the decisions of military generals, high-profile politicians, and prominent architects but also by a wide range of actors