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Although race - a concept of human difference that establishes
hierarchies of power and domination - has played a critical role in
the development of modern architectural discourse and practice
since the Enlightenment, its influence on the discipline remains
largely underexplored. This volume offers a welcome and
long-awaited intervention for the field by shining a spotlight on
constructions of race and their impact on architecture and theory
in Europe and North America and across various global contexts
since the eighteenth century. Challenging us to write race back
into architectural history, contributors confront how racial
thinking has intimately shaped some of the key concepts of modern
architecture and culture over time, including freedom, revolution,
character, national and indigenous style, progress, hybridity,
climate, representation, and radicalism. By analyzing how
architecture has intersected with histories of slavery,
colonialism, and inequality - from eighteenth-century neoclassical
governmental buildings to present-day housing projects for
immigrants - Race and Modern Architecture challenges, complicates,
and revises the standard association of modern architecture with a
universal project of emancipation and progress.
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Where Is Africa - Volume 1 (Paperback)
Emanuel Admassu, Anita N Bateman; Foreword by Mabel O. Wilson; Contributions by Nmutiti Studio
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R785
Discovery Miles 7 850
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Focusing on black Americans' participation in world's fairs,
Emancipation expositions, and early black grassroots museums,
"Negro Building" traces the evolution of black public history from
the Civil War through the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Mabel
O. Wilson gives voice to the figures that conceived the curatorial
content - Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, A.
Philip Randolph, Horace Cayton and Margaret Burroughs. As the 2015
opening of the National Museum of African American History and
Culture in Washington, D.C., approaches, the book reveals why the
black cities of Chicago and Detroit became the sites of major black
historical museums rather than the nation's capital - until now.
Focusing on Black Americans' participation in world's fairs,
Emancipation expositions, and early Black grassroots museums, Negro
Building traces the evolution of Black public history from the
Civil War through the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Mabel O.
Wilson gives voice to the figures who conceived the curatorial
content: Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, A.
Philip Randolph, Horace Cayton, and Margaret Burroughs. Originally
published in 2012, the book reveals why the Black cities of Chicago
and Detroit became the sites of major Black historical museums
rather than the nation's capital, which would eventually become
home for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American
History and Culture, which opened in 2016.
The first in-depth analysis of the stunning designs of one of the
world's most captivating and prominent architects Born in Tanzania,
David Adjaye (b. 1966) is rapidly emerging as a major international
figure in architecture and design-and this stunning catalogue
serves only to cement his role as one of the most important
architects of our time. His expanding portfolio of important civic
architecture, public buildings, and urban planning commissions
spans Europe, the United States, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
He transforms complex ideas and concepts into approachable and
innovative structures that respond to the geographical, ecological,
technological, engineering, economic, and cultural systems that
shape the practice of global architecture. The publication of this
compendium of work and essays coincides with the scheduled opening
of Adjaye's National Museum of African American History and Culture
on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Adjaye's completed work in
the United States includes the Museum of Contemporary Art in
Denver, a pair of public libraries in D.C., and several private
residences. He is also known for his collaborations with artists,
most recently with the British painter Chris Ofili (b. 1968).
Following an introduction by Zoe Ryan, Adjaye writes on his current
and future work, with subsequent essays by an extraordinary cadre
of architectural scholars on Adjaye's master plans and urban
planning, transnational architecture, monuments and memorials, and,
finally, the forthcoming museum in D.C. Portfolios of Adjaye's work
thread throughout this comprehensive volume. Distributed for the
Art Institute of Chicago and Haus der Kunst Exhibition Schedule:
Haus der Kunst, Munich (01/30/15-06/28/15) The Art Institute of
Chicago (09/19/15-01/03/16)
Rising on the National Mall next to the Washington Monument, the
National Museum of African American History and Culture is a tiered
bronze beacon inviting everyone to learn about the richness and
diversity of the African American experience and how it helped
shape this nation. Begin with the Past: Building the National
Museum of African American History and Culture is the story of how
this unparalleled museum found its place in the nation's collective
memory and on its public commons. Begin with the Past presents the
long history of efforts to build a permanent place to collect,
study and present African American history and culture. In 2003 the
museum was officially established at long last, yet the work of the
museum was only just beginning. The book traces the appointment of
the director, the selection of the site and the process of
conceiving, designing and constructing a public monument to the
achievements and contributions of African Americans. The careful
selection of architects, designers and engineers culminated in a
museum that embodies African American sensibilities about space,
form and material and incorporates rich cultural symbols into the
design of the building and its surrounding landscape. The National
Museum of African American History and Culture is a place for all
Americans to understand our past and embrace our future and this
book is a testament to the inspiration and determination that went
into creating this unique place.
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