Exploring the intriguing interplay between tradition and modernity in the 19th-century capitals of London, Athens and Rome, Richard Alston delves into the political and architectural choices that shaped these cities as representations of self-conscio...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Dec-2024, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781351950480)
In recent years, there has been a growing debate on the various ways that architecture and urbanism have served the triad of colonialism, nationalism and modernity. Some have argued that newly decolonized nations sought to represent their modernity t...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Dec-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781351950473)
In recent years, there has been a growing debate on the various ways that architecture and urbanism have served the triad of colonialism, nationalism and modernity. Some have argued that newly decolonized nations sought to represent their modernity t...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Lateral Exchanges: Architecture, Urban Development, and Transnational Practices
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Nov-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Texas Press, ISBN-13: 9781477329832)
An intellectual history of architectural modernism for an age of rising global inequality and environmental crisis.The Earth That Modernism Built traces the rise of planetary design to an imperialist discourse about the influence of the earthly envir...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 29-Oct-2024, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469682204)
After centuries of colonial rule, the end of Angolas three-decade civil war in 2002 provided an irresistible opportunity for the government to reimagine the Luanda cityscape. Awash with petrodollars cultivated through strategic foreign relationships...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 25-Oct-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469682198)
After centuries of colonial rule, the end of Angolas three-decade civil war in 2002 provided an irresistible opportunity for the government to reimagine the Luanda cityscape. Awash with petrodollars cultivated through strategic foreign relationships...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040110058)
Architecture has always been a decisive manifestation of power. This volume represents an attempt to question and reflect on the relationship between power and architecture from three philosophical perspectives: materialistic, phenomenological and po...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2024, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040110027)
Architecture has always been a decisive manifestation of power. This volume represents an attempt to question and reflect on the relationship between power and architecture from three philosophical perspectives: materialistic, phenomenological and po...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Sep-2024, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691261522)
From one of todays most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challengesThe world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to politica...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 29-Aug-2024, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040109595)
The Politics of Architectural Pedagogy in Iran explores the evolution of architectural pedagogy during two significant socio-political upheavals in Iran: The White Revolution (1963) and the Islamic Revolution (1979). It examines how these transformat...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 29-Aug-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040109663)
The Politics of Architectural Pedagogy in Iran explores the evolution of architectural pedagogy during two significant socio-political upheavals in Iran: The White Revolution (1963) and the Islamic Revolution (1979). It examines how these transformat...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Lateral Exchanges: Architecture, Urban Development, and Transnational Practices
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Jul-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Texas Press, ISBN-13: 9781477329504)
Examines the role of architecture in the history of global development and decolonization.In Modernism s Magic Hat, Ijlal Muzaffar examines how modern architects and planners help resolve one of the central dilemmas of the mid-twentieth-century world...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-May-2024, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Texas Press, ISBN-13: 9781477328934)
Thematically focused analysis of modern architecture throughout Texas with gorgeous photographs illustrating works by famous and lesser-known architects.In the mid-twentieth century, dramatic social and political change coincided with the ascendance...Lasīt vairāk
A must-read for those seeking to understand the intersection of politics and art in a pivotal moment of European history.This is a study of royal absolutism in a most extreme form in modern European history, and of the nature of Louis XIVs concept o...Lasīt vairāk
A must-read for those seeking to understand the intersection of politics and art in a pivotal moment of European history.This is a study of royal absolutism in a most extreme form in modern European history, and of the nature of Louis XIVs concept o...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Dec-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003825005)
The material heritage of the colonial era is built into Africas cities, from their urban layouts, to their architecture, monuments and street names. This book discusses the varying responses to colonial heritage in West African cities, with a partic...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Dec-2023, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003824978)
The material heritage of the colonial era is built into Africas cities, from their urban layouts, to their architecture, monuments and street names. This book discusses the varying responses to colonial heritage in West African cities, with a partic...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Dec-2023, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003812883)
Remodelling to Prepare for Independence: The Philippine Commonwealth, Decolonisation, Cities and Public Works, c. 1935-46 illuminates the implications of the USAs final phase of colonial rule in the Philippine Islands. It explores the Filipino side...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Dec-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003809227)
This book provides an urgent framework and collective reflection on understanding ways to reconsider and recast architecture within ideas and politics of the commons and practices of commoning.Architecture from Public to Commons opens with Institutio...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Dec-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003812937)
Remodelling to Prepare for Independence: The Philippine Commonwealth, Decolonisation, Cities and Public Works, c. 1935-46 illuminates the implications of the USAs final phase of colonial rule in the Philippine Islands. It explores the Filipino side...Lasīt vairāk
