Title & Author:

Modernity, nation and urban-architectural form : the dynamics and dialectics of national identity vs regionalism in a tropical city / Shireen Jahn Kassim, Norwina Mohd Nawawi, Mansor Ibrahim, editors.

Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
©2018

Description:

xxiv, 264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Regional and National Agenda in Urban-Architectural Identity through Conflicts and Conflations / Mansor Ibrahim -- 2. The Mosque in a Multicultural Context: Modernity, Hybridity and Eclecticism / Mansor Ibrahim -- 3. Public Buildings of Early Independence: Conflations of Regionalism and National Identity / Norwina Mohd Nawawi -- 4. Monumentalising the Vernacular: Criticality, Culture and Identity of the City / Shireen Jahn Kassim -- 5. Regionalism in University Buildings: Tectonics, Form and Criticality / Norwina Mohd Nawawi -- 6. Tropical Urbanism: Greenery and Walkways in Mediating Identities / Alias Abdullah -- 7. Between Criticality and Pastiche: The Putrajaya Boulevard / Shireen Jahn Kassim -- 8. Criticality, Symbolic Capital and the High-Rise Form / Norwina Mohd Nawawi -- 9. The Transport Terminal: Marking National Landmarks / Siti Norzaini Zainal Abidin -- 10. The Tropical Metropolis: A Review of History, Identity and Climatic Idealisations in City Form / Elias Salleh -- 11. Urban Syncretism: Conscious and Unconscious Architectural Formation of National Identity / Zumahiran Kamaruddin -- 12. Conclusions / Mansor Ibrahim.

Summary:

This book explores how Malaysia, as a multicultural modern nation, has approached issues of nationalism and regionalism in terms of physical expression of the built environment. Ever since the nation's post-colonial era, architects and policy makers have grappled with the theoretical and practical outcomes of creating public architecture that effectively responds to traditions, nationhood and modernity. The authors compile and analyse prevailing ideas and strategies, present case studies in architectural language and form, and introduce the reader to tensions arising between a nationalist agenda and local "regionalist" architectural language. These dichotomies represent the very nature of multicultural societies and issues with identity; a challenge that various nations across the globe face in a changing environment.

ISBN:

9783319661308 hardcover
3319661302 hardcover
eBook
9783319661315
3319661310

Subject:

Nationalism and architecture Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.
Nationalism Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.
Regionalism Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.
Vernacular architecture Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.
Nationalisme et architecture Malaisie Kuala Lumpur.
Nationalisme Malaisie Kuala Lumpur.
Régionalisme Malaisie Kuala Lumpur.
Architecture vernaculaire Malaisie Kuala Lumpur.
Nationalism.
Nationalism and architecture.
Regionalism.
Vernacular architecture.
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.

Added entries:

Kassim, Shireen Jahn, editor.
Norwina Mohd. Nawawi, editor.
Mansor Ibrahim, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305314
Call No.: BIB 251116
Status: Available