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This study explains how and why western architecture was exported in the 19th century to colonies in the East, and how Islamic and Byzantine architectural ideas and styles in turn impacted on the West. It also explores the influence of the East on writers such as Ruskin.

A bold reassessment of the major architectural monuments and urban forms of the world's first industrial city: Manchester

What is the place of architecture in the history of art? Why has it been at times central to the discipline, and at other times seemingly so marginal? What is its place now? Many disciplines have a stake in the history of architecture - sociology, anthropology, human geography, to name a few. This book deals with perhaps the most influential tradition of all - art history - examining how the relation between the disciplines of art history ...

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Empire Building is a study of how and why western architecture was exported to the East and how Islamic and Byzantine architectural ideas and styles impacted on the West.

Originally published as Volume 34, Issue 4 of Art History"--T.p. verso.

Much of modernist architecture was inspired by the emergence of internationalism: the political movement that aimed to achieve world peace, justice and unity through global collaboration. Mark Crinson here shows how the ideals behind the Tower of Babel - built, as the story goes, by people of one language and with one utopian goal - were effectively adapted by internationalist architecture style and practice in the modern period. Focusing part...

Nine previously unpublished essays form an interdisciplinary assessment of urban memory in the modern city, analysing this burgeoning area of interest from the perspectives of sociology, architectural and art history, psychoanalysis, culture and critical theory. Featuring a wealth of illustrations, images, maps and specially commissioned artwork, this work applies a critical and creative approach to existing theories of urban memory, and exami...

Previously unpublished writings by and about James Stirling (1924-1992), arguably the most influential and controversial post-war British architect.

Includes writings by and about James Stirling (1924-1992), arguably one of the most influential and controversial post-war British architect.