1: Introduction; I: Western coastline of Persian Gulf; 2: British Architects in the Gulf, 1950-1980; 3: Kuwait City, Kuwait; 4: Dammam, Saudi Arabia; 5: Manama, Bahrain; 6: Doha, Qatar; 7: Abu Dhabi, UAE; 8: Dubai, UAE; 9: Shopping Malls in Dubai; 10: Sharjah, UAE; II: Eastern Coastline of Persian Gulf; 11: Abadan and Khorramshahr, Iran; 12: Bushehr, Iran; 13: Kangan and Banak, Iran; 14: Kish Island, Iran; 15: Bandar Abbas, Iran; III: Contemporary Design Approaches; 16: Sustainable Identity: New Paradigms for the Persian Gulf; 17: Reflections on a Wind-Catcher: Climate and Cultural Identity; 18: Doha Renaissance: Msheireb Reborn; 19: The Scale of Globalisation