Spaces of Global Cultures: Architecture, Urbanism, Identity

'In Spaces of Global Cultures, Anthony King brings together a series of contemporary and historical case studies to show how different phases of globalization are transforming the built environment. Taking a broad, interdisciplinary approach the author draws on sociology, geography, cultural and postcolonial studies to provide a critical account of the development of three key contemporary concepts that provide the theoretical framework for the book: global culture, postcolonialism, modernity. Subsequent case studies examine how global economic, political and cultural forces shape the forms of architectural and urban modernity in the 'globurbs' (i.e. globalized suburbs) and spaces of 'villafication' in major cities worldwide: Beijing, Washington DC, Delhi, Jakarta, and also in Britain. As a key sign of economic and political power and a symbol for states making claims to modernity, the high rise tower (and 'tallest building in the world') forms the subject of the opening chapter. Other themes include the writing of transnational planning histories and the contradictory relationship between imperialism and the ideology of Arts and Crafts architecture in Britain. The author's concluding memoir provides clues into how and why the book came to be written.' - from back cover

Includes bibliography and index.

Access level

Onsite

author

Anthony D. KING

publisher

Routledge (London, United Kingdom)

Location code

REF.KAD2

Language

English

Keywords

architecture, globalisation, modernity, postcolonialism, transnationalism, urbanism

Publication/Creation date

2004

No of pages

256

ISBN / ISSN

9780415196208

No of copies

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Part One: Theories

1 Worlds in the City: From Wonders of Modern Design to Weapons of Mass Destruction

2 Interrogating Global Culture(s)

3 Cultures and Spaces of Postcolonial Knowledges

4 The Times and Spaces of Modernity

5 Writing Transnational Planning Histories: The Dialectics of Dual Development

Part Two: Histories

6 Suburb/Ethnoburb/Globurb: The Making of Contemporary Modernities

7 Villafication: The Transformation of Chinese Cities

8 Imagining the World at Home: The Distant Spaces of the Indian City

9 Transnational Delhi Revisited: The Spatial Language of Three Modernities

10 Imperialism, Colonialism and Architects of the Arts and Crafts in Britain

Part Three: Pasts/Presents/Futures

11 Ways of Seeing: Serendipity, Visuality, Experience

Afterword

Spaces of Global Cultures: Architecture, Urbanism, Identity

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