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Appropriating, Reclaiming and Inventing Identity Through Architecture
Local received knowledge once ensured buildings had a strong connection with their environment and the surrounding community. With rapid urbanisation and the professionalisation of design and construction, architects working internationally with a finely attuned sensibility to place and context have been able to take up the baton and take the opportunity to develop notions of locality and identity. For the last two decades, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has been recognising the contribution of design teams that have been responsible for producing exceptional architecture for Islamic communities worldwide. Here, the award scheme's director, Farrokh Derakshani, defines some key treatments of identity in architecture.
Appropriating, Reclaiming and Inventing Identity Through Architecture
Local received knowledge once ensured buildings had a strong connection with their environment and the surrounding community. With rapid urbanisation and the professionalisation of design and construction, architects working internationally with a finely attuned sensibility to place and context have been able to take up the baton and take the opportunity to develop notions of locality and identity. For the last two decades, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has been recognising the contribution of design teams that have been responsible for producing exceptional architecture for Islamic communities worldwide. Here, the award scheme's director, Farrokh Derakshani, defines some key treatments of identity in architecture.
Appropriating, Reclaiming and Inventing Identity Through Architecture
Derakhshani, Farrokh (author)
Architectural Design ; 82 ; 28-33
2012-11-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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