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Author:   Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) ,  Guillermo Garma Montiel (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415622882

ISBN 10:   0415622883
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Place and Identity 1. Changing Identities in the Oecumene. Geography and Architecture in the Greco-Roman World 2. Buildings and the Performance of Identity 3. Emplacement, Embodiment and Ritual: Some Considerations from shikii wo matagu for our understanding of Place and Identity 4. Architecture, Architect and the Recessive Nature of Technology: The Work of Laurie Baker in India 5. Spatial Memory and Identity in the Work of Istanbul/Vienna Artist Canan Dagdelen Part 2: Memory and Identity 6. Psychoanalysis and Identity in Architecture 7. Architecture and Memory. Berlin, A Phenomenological Approach 8. Identities in the Architecture of Mexico City: Memories and Histories in La Plaza de la Constitución and the Temple of Santa Teresa la Antigua 9. Post Conflict Space: Mediating Memory and the Parameters of Identity 10. Helen Chadwick: The Model Institution and Personal Identity Part 3: Representation and Identity 11. Identity, Culture, and Urbanism: Remarks from Colonialism to Globalization 12. Space of Representational Negotiations: Beyond Ruskin and Bhabha 13. Colour and Tradition. The portrayal of Mexican Architecture in the American Press 14. To Be for [an]Other: The Caribe Hilton or Ambivalence as Presence in a United States’ Colony 15. The Mirror of Territorial Identity in Singapore Professional Architecture 1923 – 1969: Colonialism, Nationalism, Separation and Independence

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"""[T]he book is a good read in architectural history and theory. And it may encourage similar critiques of twenty-first-century architecture and the political and institutional transformation of modern-day stateless interdependency."" – Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem, University of Wolverhampton"

[T]he book is a good read in architectural history and theory. And it may encourage similar critiques of twenty-first-century architecture and the political and institutional transformation of modern-day stateless interdependency. - Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem, University of Wolverhampton

Author Information

Soumyen Bandyopadhyay is Professor of Architecture and Design at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Guillermo Garma Montiel is Principal Lecturer in Architecture at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

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