The Disciplinary Dislocations of (Architectural) History by Jarzombek, Mark

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Site-archive-medium: Vr, architectural history, pedagogy and the case of lifta by Keller, E, Jarzombek, M, Mann, E

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‘Islamic architecture’ and the profession by Rabbat, Nasser

“…Even today, with many architects around the world using the vocabulary of Islamic architecture in their design mainly in response to passionate requests from their clients, the notion of ‘Islamic architecture’ sits uneasily within both the practice of design and the field of architectural history, where its name, scope, and claim to specificity are constantly questioned. …”
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Topologies: The Urban Utopia in France, 1960–1970 (review) by Ferng, Jennifer H.

“…Topologies is another notable volume that contributes to the widening body of literature on postwar architectural history that reinterprets the technological thinking of French utopian architects, along with those such as Archigram, Buckminster Fuller, the Metabolists, Cedric Price and Team 10, who collectively foresaw the dawning of a new age, tempered not by revolution but by the scientific techniques gained from economics and the social sciences. …”
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