Building on the boundary -- modern architecture in the tropics.
This paper is drawn from research into architectural practice and discourse in colonial settings during modernism, to investigate the entangled and sometimes antagonistic relations between architectural, political and cultural contexts. The paper will show how the built boundary in 'tropical' sites...
| Publicado en: | Social Identities Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 439 - 454 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2004
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