Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Cultural Role of Architecture |
| Subtitle of host publication | Contemporary and Historical Perspectives |
| Editors | Paul Emmons, Jane Lomholt, John S Hendrix |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Pages | 175-185 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jan 2012 |
Keywords
- architectural identity
- Arabian Peninsula
- symbolism
- meaning
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Architectural identity demystified : visual voices from the Arab world. / Salama, Ashraf M.
The Cultural Role of Architecture: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives. ed. / Paul Emmons; Jane Lomholt; John S Hendrix. London, 2012. p. 175-185.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
TY - CHAP
T1 - Architectural identity demystified
T2 - visual voices from the Arab world
AU - Salama, Ashraf M
PY - 2012/1/31
Y1 - 2012/1/31
N2 - This chapter offers a positional interpretation and interrogates the irony of identity, tradition and modernity by critically outlining a number of visual voices that represent selected interventions developed within the Arab World. Through a reading of trends that emerged over the past few decades an effort is made to place such a reading in focus by outlining contextual geo-cultural politics and their inferences on the shaping of architectural identity. An approach for a deeper insight into contemporary Arab architecture within which inevitable trends co-exist is framed based on positivistic and anti-positivistic positions and their underlying ontological and epistemological perspectives.
AB - This chapter offers a positional interpretation and interrogates the irony of identity, tradition and modernity by critically outlining a number of visual voices that represent selected interventions developed within the Arab World. Through a reading of trends that emerged over the past few decades an effort is made to place such a reading in focus by outlining contextual geo-cultural politics and their inferences on the shaping of architectural identity. An approach for a deeper insight into contemporary Arab architecture within which inevitable trends co-exist is framed based on positivistic and anti-positivistic positions and their underlying ontological and epistemological perspectives.
KW - architectural identity
KW - Arabian Peninsula
KW - symbolism
KW - meaning
UR - http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415783415/
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 978-0-415-78341-5
SP - 175
EP - 185
BT - The Cultural Role of Architecture
A2 - Emmons, Paul
A2 - Lomholt, Jane
A2 - Hendrix, John S
CY - London
ER -