Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in Iran

Tradition, Modernity, and the Production of 'Space-in-Between'

M. Reza Shirazi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

X, 193 Seiten

2019 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-89154-5 (ISBN)

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This book presents an in-depth critical analysis of the internationally recognized, place-specific works of three Iranian architects (Nader Ardalan, Kamran Diba and Hossein Amanat) during the 60s and 70s, and their significant contribution to the emerging anti-modernist discourse.It argues that from the mid-19th century onwards architecture and urban design in Iran has been oscillated between two extremes of modernity and tradition. Drawing on the theory of 'critical regionalism' (Kenneth Frampton), the book critically analyses writings and works of the above-mentioned architects and contends that they created a 'space-in-between' which unified two extremes of tradition and modernity in a creative way (Khalq-i Jadid: New Creation). The book also contains three in-depth interviews with architects to discuss their singular narrative of the creation of 'in-between'. A concluding chapter addresses the promises of critical regionalist architecture and urban design in post-Revolutionary Iran as well as the Middle East, where the dichotomy of tradition and modernity is yet a valid account.

Dr. M. Reza Shirazi is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, and currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD), UC Berkeley.

Mapping 'In-Between'.- The Theory of 'In-Between'.- Space-In-Between.- The Narratives of 'In-Between'.- Towards a New 'In-Between'.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.02.2019
Reihe/Serie	The Urban Book Series
Zusatzinfo	X, 193 p. 76 illus., 53 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Contemporary Architecture and Urban Design • Critical Regionalism • Islamic Architecture and Urban Planning • Theory of Place and Space • Tradition and Modernity • urban geography and urbanism
ISBN-10	3-319-89154-5 / 3319891545
ISBN-13	978-3-319-89154-5 / 9783319891545
Zustand	Neuware