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9780415955157

Architecture, Power and National Identity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415955157

  • ISBN10:

    0415955157

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2008-07-25
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The first editionofArchitecture, Power, and National Identity, published in 1992, has become a classic,winning theprestigious Spiro Kostof award for the best book in architecture and urbanism. Lawrence Valefully has fully updated the book, which focuses on the relationship between the design of national capitals across the world and the formation of national identity in modernity. Tied to this,it explains the role that architecture and planning play in the forceful assertion of state power. The book is truly international in scope, looking at capital cities in the United States, India, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Bangladesh, and Papua New Guinea. It is richly illustrated, with 165 halftones.

Author Biography

Lawrence Vale is the Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT.

Table of Contents

The locus of political power
Capital and capitol: an introductionp. 3
National identity and the capitol complexp. 48
Early designed capitals: for union, for imperialism, for independencep. 63
Designed capitals after World War Two: Chandigarh and Brasiliap. 121
Designed capitals since 1960p. 146
Four postcolonial capitol complexes in search of national identityp. 195
Papua New Guinea's concrete haus tambaranp. 197
Sri Lanka's island parliamentp. 226
Precast Arabism for Kuwaitp. 248
The acropolis of Bangladeshp. 279
Designing power and identityp. 321
Notesp. 347
Illustration creditsp. 377
Indexp. 379
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