Towards a Dialogical History of Modern Architecture: Essays on Otherness and Canon

by Jorge Francisco Liernur

The book challenges three perspectives on the modern architectural canon: explanations that disregard impacts and effects beyond the North Atlantic (monologic), superficial modifications that simply add "Other" figures to the canon, and views that reject the canon itself. Instead, it recognizes the canon's significance in comprehending architecture, while seeking to uncover its presumed Western-centric integrity through a shift from a monological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032589493
• ISBN13: 9781032589497
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages