Constructing identity in contemporary architecture : case studies from the South / edited by Peter Herrle and Stephanus Schmitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herrle, Peter.

Schmitz, Stephanus.

Series:

Habitat - international ; Bd. 12.

Habitat - international ; Bd. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society.

Architecture, Modern.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

292 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Lit, [2009]

Contents:

Identity in architecture : a construction? / Stephanus Schmitz

Regional study Brazil / Ruth Verde Zein, Cristián Fernández Cox

The 'own' and the 'foreign' : architecture and the discourses on identity in 20th century Mexico / Susanne C. Dussel, José Morales-Saravia

Identity in the Arab region : architects and projects from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar / Khaled Asfour

Architecture and contemporary Indian identity / Rahul Mehrotra, Prasad Shedd, Rupali Gupte

Architecture, art, identity in Singapore : is there life after tabula rasa? / William S.W. Lim.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783643102768

3643102763

OCLC:

535153552