A unique collection of contemporary writings, this book explores the politics involved in the making and experiencing of architecture and cities from a cross-cultural and global perspective
Taking a broad view of the word politics, the essays address a range of questions, including:
- What is the relationship between politics and the making of space?
- What role has theory played in reinforcing or resisting political power?
- What are the political difficulties associated with working relationships?
- Do the products of our making construct our identity or liberate us?
A timely volume, focusing on an interdisciplinary debate on the politics of making, this is valuable reading for all students, professionals and academics interested or working in architectural theory.
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| Introduction |
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The Politics of the West Bank Wall: Symbolic violence and spaciocide |
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Politics and Housing in 1950s French Algiers |
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A Space of the State: Beijing 1949-59 |
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Representing the State: Symbolism and ideology in Doxiadis' plan for Islamabad |
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The Pleasures of Driving: Experiencing cities from the automobile |
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75 | (12) |
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Campagna Romana: The formation of the Oltrecitta |
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Architectural Theory in the Service of the Crown: The foundation of the Academie royale d'architecture |
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95 | (10) |
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The Flute and the House: Doing the architecture of making |
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105 | (12) |
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Ethical Dilemmas and Difficult Collaborations: An architect's view inside an award-winning but troubling project |
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117 | (10) |
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Unsettling Design: Working between cultures in remote Western Australia |
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127 | (10) |
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The Beehive: A difficult collaboration |
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137 | (11) |
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Edited by Alison Smithson: A censored history of the `Team 10 family' |
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148 | (11) |
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Towards a New Understanding of Architecture of Addition: The unrealised extensions of the Whitney Museum of American Art |
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159 | (10) |
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Watching Palaces: Ruskin and the representation of Venice |
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171 | (12) |
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Ambiguous Objects: Modernism, Brutalism and the politics of the picturesque |
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183 | (12) |
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Ahmedabad Framed: Souvenirs of the architectural tourist |
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195 | (13) |
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Auschwitz State Museum: Collective memory and the contested landscape |
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208 | (13) |
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Displacing Topographies: Making and reading Istanbul guidebooks |
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221 | (9) |
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Down and Out in London? Photography and the politics of representing Life in the Elephant, 1948 and 2005 |
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The Early American Maps of Iowa and their Politics |
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244 | (13) |
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Making by Stealing: The politics of Helen Chadwick's `creative + manipulative theft' |
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The Art of the Plausible: Some characteristics of architectural design |
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Mark Swenarton is Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Igea Troiani is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Helena Webster is Deputy Head of the Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, UK.
