Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity vs Regionalism in a Tropical City

• Other Authors: Shireen Jahn Kassim (Editor), Norwina Mohd Nawawi (Editor), Mansor Ibrahim (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan 2018
• Subjects: Nationalism and architecture > Malaysia > Kuala Lumpur; Nationalism > Malaysia
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This book explores how Malaysia, as a multicultural modern nation, has approached issues of nationalism and regionalism in terms of physical expression of the built environment. Ever since the nation?s post-colonial era, architects and policy makers have grappled with the theoretical and practical o...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Definitions.Chapter 2 The Mosque in a Multicultural Context - Modernity, Hybridity and Eclectism.Chapter 3 Public Buildings of Early Independence - Conflations of Regionalism and National Identity.Chapter 4 Monumentalising the Vernacular - Criticality, Kitsch and Identity of the City; With Noorhanita Abdul Majid.Chapter 5 Regionalism in University Buildings - Tectonics, Form And Criticality.Chapter 6 Tropical Urbanism - Greenery and Walkways in Mediating Identities; With Norzalina Harun and Alias Abdullah.Chapter 7 Between Criticality and Pastiche - The Putrajaya Boulevard.Chapter 8 Criticality, Symbolic Capital and the Highrise Form.Chapter 9 The Transport Terminal - Marking National Landmarks.Chapter 10 The Tropical Metropolis - A Review Of History, Identity and Climatic Idealisations in City Form; Nurul Syala Abdul Latip and Shaiful Nadzri Samsuddin.Chapter 11 Syncretism in Urban- Architectural Form - The Conscious and Unconscious Formation of National Identity.Chapter 12 Conclusions.