The Architecture of Life and Death in Borneo - Couverture rigide

Winzeler, Robert L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0824826329 ISBN 13 : 9780824826321

Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 2004

Synopsis

Present-day travelers visiting Borneo to see the marvelous buildings pictured in books are liable to wonder if they somehow ended up in the wrong place. Much of the architecture of Borneo and other areas of the humid tropics was never intended to last and, built as it is of wood and other organic materials, last it has not. Among Borneo's spectacular indigenous buildings, the longhouses, mortuary monuments, and other architectural forms of the interior are some of the most outstanding, and much of the renewed interest in indigenous architecture has focused on the rapidly vanishing or now extinct traditional forms of a small number of surviving examples or recreations. Drawing on the author's extensive research and travel in Borneo, this impressive and original study offers a more comprehensive account of this architecture than any previous work. Organized into two sections, the book first documents and explains traditional built forms in terms of tools and materials, the environmental context, village organization and social arrangements. This section includes a full discussion of architecture designs and symbolism, especially those dealing with life and death.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Hawai'i Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824826329
• ISBN 13: 9780824826321
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible