Tropical architecture : critical regionalism in the age of globalization
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Tropical architecture : critical regionalism in the age of globalization
Wiley-Academy , Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, 2001
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"The book grew out of a conference on the topic of Tropical Architecture, organized by the architect and 1997 Prince Claus Award laureate Bruno Stagno in Costa Rica" -- Foreword
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Tropical Architecture presents a selection of essays by architectural historians and theoreticians on key issues in tropical architecture today. Alongside these are examples of work (both architectural and urbanist) from leading tropical architecture practitioners - including emerging practitioners and established architectural stars. Contributors include Ken Yeang, Michael Pearce, Charles Correa and many more.
Table of Contents
Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Tropical Critical Regionalism: Introductory Comments (L. Lefaivre & A. Tzonis). The Suppression and Rethinking of Regionalism and Tropicalism after 1945 (L. Lefaivre & A. Tzonis). Globalization: Some Cultural Dilemmas (G. Mosquera). Tropicality (B. Stagno). Modernizing Appropriations/Appropriating Modernity (T. Beng). Architecture and National Identity (S. Porto). Architecture and City in the Caribbean: The Reinvention of Paradise (R. Segre). The Architecture of the Panama Canal: Colonialism, Syncretism and Coming to Terms with the Tropics (E. Tejeira-Davis). Designing and Building in the Tropics (B. Stagno). Architectural Responses in Tropical India (R. Mehrotra). The Green Agenda (K. Yeang). Three Tropical Design Paradigms (B. Philip). Rethinking the City in the Tropics: The Tropical City Concept (T. Soon). Index.
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