Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form: The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity Vs Regionalism in a Tropical City

Book Overview

Chapter 1 Definitions.Chapter 2 The Mosque in a Multicultural Context - Modernity, Hybridity and Eclectism.Chapter 3 Public Buildings of Early Independence - Conflations of Regionalism and National Identity.Chapter 4 Monumentalising the Vernacular - Criticality, Kitsch and Identity of the City; With Noorhanita Abdul Majid.Chapter 5 Regionalism in University Buildings - Tectonics, Form And Criticality.Chapter 6 Tropical Urbanism - Greenery and Walkways in Mediating Identities; With Norzalina Harun and Alias Abdullah.Chapter 7 Between Criticality and Pastiche - The Putrajaya Boulevard.Chapter 8 Criticality, Symbolic Capital and the Highrise Form.Chapter 9 The Transport Terminal - Marking National Landmarks.Chapter 10 The Tropical Metropolis - A Review Of History, Identity and Climatic Idealisations in City Form; Nurul Syala Abdul Latip and Shaiful Nadzri Samsuddin.Chapter 11 Syncretism in Urban- Architectural Form - The Conscious and Unconscious Formation of National Identity.Chapter 12 Conclusions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030097595
• ISBN13: 9783030097592
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"