Southeast Asia's Modern Architecture. Questions of Translation, Epistemology and Power.
Singapore. NUS Press, 2019. Stock ID #162322 "What is the modern in Southeast Asia's architecture and how do we approach its study critically? This pathbreaking multidisciplinary volume is the first critical survey of Southeast Asia’s modern architecture. It looks at the challenges of studying this complex history through the conceptual frameworks of translation, epistemology, and power. When referring to this item please quote stockid 162322.
Black and white photographic illustrations, 400pp, 229mm x 152mm. Paperback.
Challenging Eurocentric ideas and architectural nomenclature, the authors examine the development of modern architecture in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, with a focus on selective translation and strategic appropriation of imported ideas and practices by local architects and builders." (Publisher's description).
Price: $42.95 AU