This book seeks to provide an alternative post-Western perspective to the history of contemporary architecture. It puts forward detailed critical analyses of various areas of the world, including Europe, Latin America, Africa, China, Australia, India and Japan, where particular movements of architecture have developed as active 'political acts'.
This book seeks to provide an alternative post-Western perspective to the history of contemporary architecture. It puts forward detailed critical analyses of various areas of the world, including Europe, Latin America, Africa, China, Australia, India and Japan, where particular movements of architecture have developed as active 'political acts'.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Pilar Maria Guerrieri is an architectural historian who has lived between Italy, the UK and India for almost ten years. She has a PhD in Architectural Composition and a second degree in Philosophy. Currently, she teaches History of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. She is the author of Maps of Delhi (Niyogi, 2017), Negotiating Cultures: Delhi's Architecture and Planning from 1912 to 1962 (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Egizio Nichelli Architetto (1937-1991) (Franco Angeli, 2022). Marco Biraghi is a professor at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, where he teaches History of Contemporary Architecture. His published works include Project of Crisis: Manfredo Tafuri and Contemporary Architecture (The MIT Press, 2013), Storia dell'architettura italiana 1985-2015 (with S. Micheli, Einaudi, 2013), L'architetto come intellettuale (Einaudi, 2019), Questa è architettura. Il progetto come filosofia della prassi (Einaudi, 2021) and Storia dell'architettura contemporanea II 1945-2023 (Einaudi, 2023).
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements. List of Images. Introduction. 1.Architecture as a 'Political Act'. 2.A Dialogue with Tradition: the Case of Italy. 3.Principles of North-European Sustainability. 4.The Construction of the Indian Identity. 5.The Latin American Political Context and its Architecture. 6.Using the African Context. 7.'Indirect' Context: the Case of Japan. 8.China and the Re-Invention of Tradition. 9.Re-embracing the Aboriginal Model: Australia. 10.Context as an Opportunity. A Way of Viewing Architecture. List of Works. Bibliography. Index.
Acknowledgements. List of Images. Introduction. 1.Architecture as a 'Political Act'. 2.A Dialogue with Tradition: the Case of Italy. 3.Principles of North-European Sustainability. 4.The Construction of the Indian Identity. 5.The Latin American Political Context and its Architecture. 6.Using the African Context. 7.'Indirect' Context: the Case of Japan. 8.China and the Re-Invention of Tradition. 9.Re-embracing the Aboriginal Model: Australia. 10.Context as an Opportunity. A Way of Viewing Architecture. List of Works. Bibliography. Index.
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