Power and Architecture

File Size : 37,37 MB
Total View : 7857 Views
DOWNLOAD

Capital cities have been the seat of political power and central stage for their state’s political conflicts and rituals throughout the ages. In the modern er

On Power in Architecture

File Size : 45,45 MB
Total View : 4448 Views
DOWNLOAD

Architecture has always been a decisive manifestation of power. This volume represents an attempt to question and reflect on the relationship between power and

Architecture, Power and National Identity

File Size : 18,18 MB
Total View : 8645 Views
DOWNLOAD

The first edition of Architecture, Power, and National Identity, published in 1992, has become a classic, winning the prestigious Spiro Kostof award for the bes

Why We Build

File Size : 53,53 MB
Total View : 6867 Views
DOWNLOAD

In an era of brash, expensive, provocative new buildings, a prominent critic argues that emotions—such as hope, power, sex, and our changing relationship to t

Architecture, Ceremonial, and Power

File Size : 45,45 MB
Total View : 6010 Views
DOWNLOAD

Necipoglu demonstrates the palace's role as a vast stage for the enactment of a ceremonial that emphasized the sultan's absolute power and his aloofness from th