Architecture RePerformed
This book deals with the phenomenon of meticulous reconstruction in architecture. It argues that the politics of reconstruction go far beyond aesthetic considerations.
1 online resource (168 pages)
9781317179054, 1317179056
1018152193
Introduction, Tino Mager; Chapter 1 Architecture Makes History, Arnold Bartetzky; Chapter 2 Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, Josep-Maria Garcia-Fuentes; Chapter 3 Building Reconstructions and History Constructions in Hungary and Romania under Communist Rule, Robert Born; Chapter 4 Rebuilding the Jesuit Church and College, Renato Cymbalista, João Carlos Santos Kuhn; Chapter 5 The Issue of ‘Identical Reconstruction’ on French Heritage Sites, Julien Bastoen; Chapter 6 Refracted Copies of the Imperial City and the Great Audience Hall in East Asia, Alice Y. Tseng; Chapter 7 From Historical Monument to New ‘Urban Spectacle’, Jing Zhuge; Chapter 8 Architecture, Reconstruction, Memory, Alexandra Klei;