Architecture, Power, and National Identity - Couverture rigide

Vale, Lawrence J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300049587 ISBN 13 : 9780300049589

Editeur : Yale University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Explores parliamentary complexes in capital cities on six continents, showing how the buildings that house national government institutions are products of the political and cultural balance of power within pluralist societies.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The first edition of Architecture, Power, and National Identity, published in 1992, has become a classic, winning the prestigious Spiro Kostof award for the best book in architecture and urbanism. Lawrence Vale fully has fully updated the book, which focuses on the relationship between the design of national capitals across the world and the formation of national identity in modernity. Tied to this, it explains the role that architecture and planning play in the forceful assertion of state power. The book is truly international in scope, looking at capital cities in the United States, India, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Bangladesh, and Papua New Guinea.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lawrence Vale is the Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. He has published six previous books, including the first edition of Architecture, Power, and National Identity,  which received the Spiro Kostof Award from the Society of Architectural Historians.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300049587
• ISBN 13: 9780300049589
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible