Modernity tends to be considered a mostly Western, chronologically
recent concept. Looking at locations in Brazil, Java, India,
Georgia, and Yugoslavia, among others, Across Space and Time
provides architectural and cultural evidence that modernity has had
an impact across the globe and for much longer than previously
conceived. This volume moves through space and time to illustrate
the way global modernity has been negotiated through architecture,
urban planning, design pedagogies, preservation, and art history in
diverse locations around the world. Bringing together emerging and
established architecture and art history scholars, each chapter
focuses on a particular site where modernity was defined,
challenged, or reinterpreted. The contributors examine how
architectures, landscapes, and design thinking influence and are
influenced by conflicts between cultural, economic, technological,
and political forces. By invoking well-researched histories to
ground their work in a post-colonial critique, they closely examine
many prevailing myths of modernity. Notable topics include emerging
architectural history in the Indian subcontinent and the connection
between climate change and architecture. Ultimately, Across Space
and Time contributes to the ongoing critique of architecture and
its history, both as a discipline and within the academy. The
authors insist that architecture is more than a style. It is a
powerful expression of representational power that reveals how a
society negotiates its progress.
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