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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813106103321

Titolo

Global built environment as a representation of realities : why and how architecture should be the subject of worldwide comparison / / edited by Aart Mekking and Eric Roose; with contributions by En-Yu Huang [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Pallas Publications, c2009

ISBN

1-282-40163-7

9786612401633

90-485-0831-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MekkingAart

RooseEric <1967->

HuangEnyu

Disciplina

301

306

930.1

Soggetti

Architecture

Architecture, Modern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction. Breaking Boundaries: Towards a Global Theory of Architectural Representation; 1. The Architectural Representation of Reality; 2. The Architectural Representation of Islam; 3. The Architectural Representation of Paradise; 4. The Architectural Representation of Taboo; 5. The Architectural Representation of Diversity; List of Contributors; Classified Index

Sommario/riassunto

This original study calls for every part of the built environment worldwide to be seen as a representation of a certain reality and as a new, meaningful combination, in the specific context of a concrete commission of architectural elements that were already there.