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As a whole, the works compiled in this volume constitute an unconscious autobiography of Colombia’s current aspirations and fears. They reveal that the nation is at a crossroads in terms of its cultural identity, caught between socio-political commitment and poetic escape, and offer tools to engender both economic and cultural ideas and prejudices. Over 60 artists and(...)
Subjective atlas from Colombia
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As a whole, the works compiled in this volume constitute an unconscious autobiography of Colombia’s current aspirations and fears. They reveal that the nation is at a crossroads in terms of its cultural identity, caught between socio-political commitment and poetic escape, and offer tools to engender both economic and cultural ideas and prejudices. Over 60 artists and designers form a map that traces, challenges, and vindicates what it means to live in Colombia, embodying its contemporary historical memory. The initiative was conceived by Hugo Herrera Tobón, Moniek Dreisse, and Annelys de Vet to further encourage a discussion of the nation’s complex cultural identity.
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Even a casual observer can spy traces of Islamic architecture and design on buildings all over the world, a reminder that artistic traditions and visual culture have never been limited to their region or country of origin, but rather are highly diffusible. This book brings together scholars from architectural studies, design, art history, and other fields to(...)
Islamic architecture on the move: motion and modernity
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Even a casual observer can spy traces of Islamic architecture and design on buildings all over the world, a reminder that artistic traditions and visual culture have never been limited to their region or country of origin, but rather are highly diffusible. This book brings together scholars from architectural studies, design, art history, and other fields to challenge and expand concepts of Islamic architecture. Ranging from eighteenth-century Ottoman tents to manifestations of Islamic motifs in 1960s Hawaii, this richly illustrated volume raises key questions about Islamic architecture, and, more broadly, about how we can rethink our understanding of material, artistic, and cultural mobility in the modern world.
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September 2016
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Chandigarh is in India
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Chandigarh is in India tells the stories of the city of Chandigarh through the works of Indian and Western artists. The Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier's weathered buildings have long circulated as the dominant image of Chandigarh. However, there is much else that is of importance behind and alongside his buildings.Seeking to present differing articulations by artists(...)
Chandigarh is in India
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Chandigarh is in India tells the stories of the city of Chandigarh through the works of Indian and Western artists. The Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier's weathered buildings have long circulated as the dominant image of Chandigarh. However, there is much else that is of importance behind and alongside his buildings.Seeking to present differing articulations by artists about Chandigarh, the book consciously makes room for all the freely associative, fantastical and complex responses that make this city so beguiling. It explores how the architecture and the city itself have been used, adopted and adapted in the creative process. Featured artists include Cyprien Gaillard, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Gavin Hipkins, Madan Mahatta, Manuel Bougot, Pradeep Dalal, Seher Shah, Shezad Dawood, Thukral and Tagra, and Yamini Nayar.
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In this anthropological history, Mary E. Hancock examines the politics of public memory in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Once a colonial port, Chennai is now poised to become a centre for India's "new economy" of information technology, export processing, and back-office services. State and local governments promote tourism and a heritage-conscious cityscape to(...)
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December 2008, Bloomington, Indianapolis
The politics of heritage from Madras to Chennai
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In this anthropological history, Mary E. Hancock examines the politics of public memory in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Once a colonial port, Chennai is now poised to become a centre for India's "new economy" of information technology, export processing, and back-office services. State and local governments promote tourism and a heritage-conscious cityscape to make Chennai a recognizable "brand" among investment and travel destinations. Using a range of textual, visual, architectural, and ethnographic sources, Hancock grapples with the question of how people in Chennai remember and represent their past, considering the political and economic contexts and implications of those memory practices. Working from specific sites, including a historic district created around an ancient Hindu temple, a living history museum, neo-traditional and vernacular architecture, and political memorials, Hancock examines the spatialization of memory under the conditions of neo-liberalism.
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These ruins you see
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This publication is part of the projet These Ruins You See, it includes the project's research, realization, and a series of specially commissioned essays. This project has manifested in different exhibitions, publications, and lectures. These Ruins You See was exhibited at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil from November 8, 2006 to February 28, 2007.
These ruins you see
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This publication is part of the projet These Ruins You See, it includes the project's research, realization, and a series of specially commissioned essays. This project has manifested in different exhibitions, publications, and lectures. These Ruins You See was exhibited at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil from November 8, 2006 to February 28, 2007.
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September 2008, New York
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South Korea in the last decades has experienced an unprecedented series of transformations at all levels in society: in the economics, in the culture, and in the politics. More specifically its capital Seoul has become one of the densest urban zones in the world. After a long period of dictatorship and along with an extraordinary process of economic development that(...)
Seoulscape: towards a new urbanity in Korea
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South Korea in the last decades has experienced an unprecedented series of transformations at all levels in society: in the economics, in the culture, and in the politics. More specifically its capital Seoul has become one of the densest urban zones in the world. After a long period of dictatorship and along with an extraordinary process of economic development that characterized the last years, South Korea opened up to experimentation in all major arts, not least architecture. And architecture is at the center of the exhibition curated by Francisco Sanin, which presents an overview on the research which revolves around that emerging yet configured urban lanscape that constitute this unique city and is continuously engulfing the entire population of the South Korean peninsula.
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Villes d'Afrique
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Collection de contributions internationales sur les différentes pistes qu'offre l'histoire des villes en Afrique, le présent recueil déborde, à partir d'un centre d'intérêt qui a pour cadre l'Afrique centrale, sur d'autres régions du continent: Douala au Cameroun, la côte des Esclaves, Bobo-Dioulasso au Burkina Faso, la côte du Tanganyika, la ville sud-africaine de Pietermaritzburg.
Villes d'Afrique
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Collection de contributions internationales sur les différentes pistes qu'offre l'histoire des villes en Afrique, le présent recueil déborde, à partir d'un centre d'intérêt qui a pour cadre l'Afrique centrale, sur d'autres régions du continent: Douala au Cameroun, la côte des Esclaves, Bobo-Dioulasso au Burkina Faso, la côte du Tanganyika, la ville sud-africaine de Pietermaritzburg.
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In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world’s first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In 'Spaceship in the Desert' Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City's renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures, providing an illuminating portrait of an international group of engineers, designers, and students who(...)
Spaceship in the Desert : Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi
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In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world’s first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In 'Spaceship in the Desert' Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City's renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures, providing an illuminating portrait of an international group of engineers, designers, and students who attempted to build a post-oil future in Abu Dhabi.
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This book features over 70 mosques designed and built since the 1950s throughout the Islamic world and for Muslim communities in other countries. The projects range from buildings commissioned by private individuals and local Muslim communities to imposing State Mosques serving as symbols of national prestige.
The contemporary mosque : architects, clients and designs since the 1950s
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This book features over 70 mosques designed and built since the 1950s throughout the Islamic world and for Muslim communities in other countries. The projects range from buildings commissioned by private individuals and local Muslim communities to imposing State Mosques serving as symbols of national prestige.
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October 1997, New York
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Ann Helen Unger's text explains the religious diversity of Vietnam and shows how the great number of beautiful, serene religious buildings reflect the multiple strands of the country's religious fabric. Walter Unger's arresting photographs document the architectural splendour of these buildings.
Pagodas, Gods and Spirits of Vietnam
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Ann Helen Unger's text explains the religious diversity of Vietnam and shows how the great number of beautiful, serene religious buildings reflect the multiple strands of the country's religious fabric. Walter Unger's arresting photographs document the architectural splendour of these buildings.
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October 1997, New York
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