Southeast Asian Modern : From Roots to Contemporary Turns Hardback
by Peter Rowe, Yun Fu
Hardback
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Southeast Asian modernity – an overview Peter Rowe and Yun Fu’s second volume on the modernization of architecture in the Far East deals with Southeast Asia and Austronesia, including the 12 nation states of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, East Timor, Philippines and Taiwan, as well as the ocean peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.
The modern architecture of these culturally and nationally heterogenous regions echoes local vernacular traditions and colonial as well as postcolonial hegemonies from both the East and the West.
The book tells the stories of these separate roots and their culmination into contemporary architectural production, analyzing the distinctiveness and quality of approx. 65 building projects that have emerged in the past half century. Second volume of the history of Modern architecture in the Far East Excellent photographic presentations of approx. 65 buildings Important contribution on the globalization of architecture
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:376 pages, 200 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Birkhauser
- Publication Date:03/05/2022
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- ISBN:9783035624571
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:376 pages, 200 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Birkhauser
- Publication Date:03/05/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9783035624571
