Name: Southeast Asian Modern
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Gesamtschau der Moderne in Südostasien Der zweite Band von Rowe und Fu über die Entstehung und Entwicklung moderner Architektur im Fernen Osten befasst sich mit Südostasien und Austronesien, einschließlich der 12 Nationalstaaten Vietnam, Kambodscha, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapur, Indonesien, Brunei, Osttimor, Philippinen und Taiwan sowie der Ozeanvölker Polynesiens, Melanesiens und Mikronesiens. In der modernen Architektur dieser kulturell und politisch heterogenen Regionen spiegeln sich lokale Traditionen und koloniale wie postkoloniale Hegemonien, aus Ost und West, wider. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte dieser unterschiedlichen Wurzeln und ihre Kulmination in der zeitgenössischen Architekturproduktion und analysiert die besonderen Merkmale und Eigenschaften von etwa 65 Bauprojekten, die im letzten halben Jahrhundert entstanden sind. <ul> <li> Zweiter Band über die Geschichte moderner Architektur im Fernen Osten </li> <li> Exzellente photographische Dokumentation von ca. 65 Gebäuden </li> <li> Wichtiger Beitrag zum Verständnis der Globalisierung von Architektur </li> </ul>

Southeast Asian modernity – an overview Peter Rowe and Yun Fu’s second volume on the modernization of architecture in the Far East deals with Southeast Asia and Austronesia, including the 12 nation states of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, East Timor, Philippines and Taiwan, as well as the ocean peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. The modern architecture of these culturally and nationally heterogenous regions echoes local vernacular traditions and colonial as well as postcolonial hegemonies from both the East and the West. The book tells the stories of these separate roots and their culmination into contemporary architectural production, analyzing the distinctiveness and quality of approx. 65 building projects that have emerged in the past half century. <ul> <li> Second volume of the history of Modern architecture in the Far East </li> <li> Excellent photographic presentations of approx. 65 buildings </li> <li> Important contribution on the globalization of architecture </li> </ul>

Architekturgeschichte; moderne Architektur; Modernismus; Stadtentwicklung; Postkolonialismus; Kolonialismus; Myanmar; Südostasien; moderne

far east modernization; modernism; postcolonialism; colonialism; globalization; Austronesia; modern architecture; Vietnam; Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Philippines; Taiwan; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia; Brunei; East Timor

From Roots to Contemporary Turns

Southeast Asian Modern

Peter G. Rowe, Professor, Yun Fu, Architekt und Dozent, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Peter G. Rowe, Professor, Yun Fu, Architect and Scholar, Harvard Graduate School of Design

 Southeast Asian modernity – an overview   Peter Rowe and Yun Fu’s second volume on the modernization of architecture in the Far East deals with Southeast Asia and Austronesia, including the 12 nation states of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, East Timor, Philippines and Taiwan, as well as the ocean peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. The modern architecture of these culturally and nationally heterogenous regions echoes local vernacular traditions and colonial as well as postcolonial hegemonies from both the East and the West. The book tells the stories of these separate roots and their culmination into contemporary architectural production, analyzing the distinctiveness and quality of approx. 65 building projects that have emerged in the past half century.    Second volume of the history of Modern architecture in the Far East   Excellent photographic presentations of approx. 65 buildings   Important contribution on the globalization of architecture  

 Southeast Asian modernity – an overview   Peter Rowe and Yun Fu’s second volume on the modernization of architecture in the Far East deals 

Southeast Asian Modern

From Roots to Contemporary Turns

Peter G. Rowe, Yun Fu

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