Third World Modernism: Architecture, Development and Identity

by Duanfang Lu

This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War. The topics look at modernism's part in the transnational development of building technologies and the construction of national and cultural identity. Architectural modernism is far more than another instance of Western expansionist aspirations; it has been developed in cross-cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415564581
• ISBN13: 9780415564588
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.7"