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A genealogy of tropical architecture : colonial networks, nature and technosc…
What is tropical architecture? Instead of assuming it as a "natural" – asocial, apolitical and ahistorical – entity, this book provides the first thorough account of its formations and transformations historically. A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture traces the origins of tropical architecture to eighteenth and early nineteenth century British colonial architectural knowledge and practices…
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- 9780415840781
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- 720.103 Cha g
Non West modernist past : on architecture & modernities
This book provides a comprehensive historical and theoretical overview of modern architecture in regions outside the “West” — Europe and North America. It brings together contributions from leading scholars in the interdisciplinary fields of architecture history, architecture theory, area studies, sociology and cultural studies. It interrogates Eurocentric views of modern architecture as …
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- 9789814365949
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- 216 p. ; 24 cm.
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- 724.6 Lim n
Southeast Asia's modern architecture : questions of translation, epistemology…
What is the modern in Southeast Asia's architecture and how do we approach its study critically? This pathbreaking multidisciplinary volume is the first critical survey of Southeast Asia's modern architecture. It looks at the challenges of studying this complex history through the conceptual frameworks of translation, epistemology, and power. Challenging Eurocentric ideas and architectural nome…
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- 9789814722780
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- 321 p. ; 23 cm.
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- 720.959 Cha s
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