Author : Duanfang Lu
Release : 2010-11-02
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Third World Modernism by : Duanfang Lu
Download or read book Third World Modernism written by Duanfang Lu. This book was released on 2010-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War. The topics look at modernism’s part in the transnational development of building technologies and the construction of national and cultural identity. Architectural modernism is far more than another instance of Western expansionist aspirations; it has been developed in cross-cultural spaces and variously localized into nation-building programs and social welfare projects. The first volume to address countries right across the developing world, this book has a key place in the historiography of modern architecture, dealing with non-Western traditions.