Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity vs Regionalism in a Tropical City /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jahn Kassim, Shireen (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mohd Nawawi, Norwina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ibrahim, Mansor (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Human geography.; Urban geography.; Sociology, Urban.; Ethnology-Asia.; Architecture.; Human Geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Asian Culture.; Cities, Countries, Regions.

This book explores how Malaysia, as a multicultural modern nation, has approached issues of nationalism and regionalism in terms of physical expression of the built environment. Ever since the nation's post-Colonial era, architects and policy makers have grappled with the theoretical and practi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1 Definitions
• Chapter 2 The Mosque in a Multicultural Context - Modernity, Hybridity and Eclectism
• Chapter 3 Public Buildings of Early Independence - Conflations of Regionalism and National Identity
• Chapter 4 Monumentalising the Vernacular - Criticality, Kitsch and Identity of the City; With Noorhanita Abdul Majid
• Chapter 5 Regionalism in University Buildings - Tectonics, Form And Criticality
• Chapter 6 Tropical Urbanism - Greenery and Walkways in Mediating Identities; With Norzalina Harun and Alias Abdullah
• Chapter 7 Between Criticality and Pastiche - The Putrajaya Boulevard
• Chapter 8 Criticality, Symbolic Capital and the Highrise Form
• Chapter 9 The Transport Terminal - Marking National Landmarks
• Chapter 10 The Tropical Metropolis - A Review Of History, Identity and Climatic Idealisations in City Form; Nurul Syala Abdul Latip and Shaiful Nadzri Samsuddin
• Chapter 11 Syncretism in Urban- Architectural Form - The Conscious and Unconscious Formation of National Identity
• Chapter 12 Conclusions. .