Saddam Hussein Gymnasium

Saddam Hussein Gymnasium

Saddam Hussein Gymnasium is a sports complex in Baghdad, Iraq.

Designed by Le Corbusier under the commission of King Faisal II in 1956. [cite book | last = Gans | first = Deborah| title = The Le Corbusier Guide| date = 2006 |pages = 154-155 | Publisher = Princeton Architectural Press |ISBN = 1-56898-539-8 | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=nmXS12Lo0xMC] After Faisal II was overthrown in a military coup in 1958 and the project was put aside. Saddam Hussein's revolutionary government revived the project by building an indoor 3,000 seat stadium and an adjacent, open-air amphitheater linked by an enormous sliding door which, when opened, integrates the two stadia.

References

* [http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=465 ArchNet Digital Library - Saddam Hussien Gymnasium]
* [http://opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110003910/ Wall Street Journal - Building for Democracy]

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=gymnasium,+baghdad+iraq&sll=33.307183,44.382277&sspn=0.015171,0.015728&ie=UTF8&latlng=33326390,44437815,4040762827596455209&ei=mIyvR5X2KpTCjgHaw-muCg&cd=1 Google Maps]
*Frank Lloyd Wright's "Plan for a Greater Baghdad"


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