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Edited by: Antony Wood
Published by: CTBUH, Chicago 2007
ISBN: 978-0-939493-24-1
Price: Not for Sale

This publication is inspired by the Advanced Topics in Architecture and Culture annual seminar course convened by Antony Wood at the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, and undertaken by a select number of graduate/advanced undergraduate architecture students. The course itself explores the link between architecture and the cultural, climatic, political and socio-economic environment in which it is created. The students take the learning from the course as a whole and apply it to a personal investigation into some aspect of “architecture and culture” that interests them. This publication highlights the results of these individual research studies.

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Contents:

05. Introduction, Antony Wood

07. Linearity vs Space: Urban Grid Planning Culture of East and West, Hye-Soo Baek

17. The Role of the Jali in Contemporary Indian Architecture, Jessica Breitbach

35. Searching for a Working Airport Vernacular in East Asian Airports, Wendy Byerly

55. Reconstructing Hiroshima: Vernacular Continuity in the Path of Destruction, Seth Ellsworth

71. The one tusk warrior: Reinterpretation of traditional dwellings in Pune, India, Maya Gharpure

101. The Changing Role of the Family Its Impact on the Single Family Home, Crystal Glover

111. Helvetica-ish: Typography and Global Culture, Amanda Hallberg

127. China vs Japan: Garden Design Philosophy, Katharina Holzapfel

153. Traditional Urban Housing Typology in Hanoi: The Tube House, Stacy Kidd

167. From Semper to Berlage to Koolhaas: What makes it Superdutch?, Sabine Kollwitz

177. Vernacular Architecture of Olympic Stadia, Ernest Bellamy