Architecture as Cultural and Political Discourse - Case studies of conceptual norms and aesthetic practices (Hardcover)

This book is concerned with cultural and political discourses that affect the production of architecture. It examines how these discursive mechanisms and technologies combine to normalise and aestheticise everyday practices. It queries the means by which buildings are appropriated to give shape and form to political aspirations and values. Architecture is not overtly political. It does not coerce people to behave in certain ways. However, architecture is constructed within the same rules and practices whereby people and communities self-govern and regulate themselves to think and act in certain ways. This book seeks to examine these rules through various case studies including: the reconstructed Notre Dame Cathedral, the Nazi era Munich Konigsplatz, Auschwitz concentration camp and the Prora resort, Sydney's suburban race riots, and the Australian Immigration Detention Centre on Christmas Island.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Architecture
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Daniel Grinceri
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-91680-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Theory of architecture Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	1-138-91680-3
Barcode:	9781138916807

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