Southeast Asian Modern : From Roots to Contemporary Turns

Peter Rowe

ISBN 10: 3035624577 / ISBN 13: 9783035624571

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin Apr 2022, 2022

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Neuware - 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 ; Gesamtschau der Moderne in Südostasien Der zweite Band von Rowe und Fu über die Entstehung und Entwicklung moderner Architektur im Fernen Osten befasst sich mit Südostasien und Austronesien, einschließlich der 12 Nationalstaaten Vietnam, Kambodscha, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapur, Indonesien, Brunei, Osttimor, Philippinen und Taiwan sowie der Ozeanvölker Polynesiens, Melanesiens und Mikronesiens. In der modernen Architektur dieser kulturell und politisch heterogenen Regionen spiegeln sich lokale Traditionen und koloniale wie postkoloniale Hegemonien, aus Ost und West, wider. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte dieser unterschiedlichen Wurzeln und ihre Kulmination in der zeitgenössischen Architekturproduktion und analysiert die besonderen Merkmale und Eigenschaften von etwa 65 Bauprojekten, die im letzten halben Jahrhundert entstanden sind. Zweiter Band über die Geschichte moderner Architektur im Fernen Osten Exzellente photographische Dokumentation von ca. 65 Gebäuden Wichtiger Beitrag zum Verständnis der Globalisierung von Architektur.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Southeast Asian Modern : From Roots to Contemporary Turns
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin Apr 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3035624577
• ISBN 13: 9783035624571
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 245W x 177H x 32D millimeters 245 millimeters width by 177 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1141 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Prof. Peter G. Rowe, Yun Fu, Harvard Graduate School of Design