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Ecological Architecture: A Critical History by James Steele

CONTENTS Preface Nature by another Name: Coming to Terms with Terms Part I: Constant Determinants of an Ecological Aesthetic Introduction: Three Constant Themes A Growing Respect for Traditional Knowledge The Technological Imperative Facing up to an Urban Future Conclusion: A State of Flux Part II: Leading the Green Evolution Introduction: Reconfiguring the Modern Project Charles […]

Vernacular Architecture in 21st century – Theory, education and practice

Contents List of illustration credits ix List of contributors xi Preface xv Foreword xvii Nezar AlSayyad Introduction 1 Lindsay Asquith and Marcel Vellinga Part I The vernacular as process 21 1 Building tradition: control and authority in vernacular architecture 23 Simon J. Bronner 2 Endorsing indigenous knowledge: the role of masons and apprenticeship in sustaining […]

Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design_ Cultural Process and Environmental Response

Contents Dedication …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………vii Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..ix Foreword: on the study of ‘regional architecture’ …………………………………………………………………..xi Preface – Regionalism reconsidered…………………………………………………………………………………….xiii List of illustrations……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xvii Section One Exploring the Nature of Place …………………………………………………………………………..1 1 An interpretive model for assessing regional identity amidst change ……………………………………. 3 2 Architecture as cultural production………………………………………………………………………………. 22 Section Two From Regional Theory to a Situated Regional […]

Hà Nội – Chu kỳ của những đổi thay

CONTENT Pierre Clément Hanoï : mise en perspective du Cahier et de l’Exposition Pierre Clément Les leçons de Hanoï Nguyen Quoc Thong Histoire de Hanoï : la ville en ses quartiers Le site de l’envol du dragon : de la terre née des eaux Céline Pierdet Le delta du Tonkin Tran Quoc Vuong Hanoï dans […]

Mapping Chengde: The Qing Landscape Enterprise

Chengde, or Jehol, is a city in Hubei province in China. It used to be the summer residence for the emperors of the Qing dynasty. This place, along with ancient traditional Chinese philosphy of landscaping, had contributed to the gardening principles of the Qing Landscape Enterprise. reference: “Qing conceptions about space and time, representation of […]

Geoffrey Bawa

One must discern, I think, at least two characters in Bawa’s architecture: the inspiration in the venarcular and a reverence for nature. But these two things are not two separated attributes, they are intertwined to become a synthesized environment that connects man and nature. reference: “lingua franca of Tropical Regionalism” David Robson’s article. https://www.stirworld.com/think-opinions-geoffrey-bawa-the-master-architect-of-sri-lanka#:~:text=In%201954%2C%20he%20enrolled%20to,at%20the%20age%20of%2038.   […]

La theorie et la pratique du jardinage

The book is divided into two parts. Part One. I. Servant d’Avertissement II. De la formation du Terrain & du choix qu’on en doit faire III. Des Dispositions & Distributions generales des Jardins IV. Des Parteres & Plates-bandes de differentes especes V. Des Allees, Contre-allees & Palissades VI. Des Bois & Bosquets en general VII. […]