Bangkok Utopia: Modern Architecture and Buddhist Felicities, 1910-1973 - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lawrence Chua, Ronald G. Knapp (Editor), Xing Ruan (Editor)Series:Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia's ArchitecturePublish date:2021-02-28Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Hawaii PressISBN-13:9780824884604ISBN-10:824884604UPC:9780824884604Book Category:Architecture, HistoryBook Subcategory:Urban & Land Use Planning, Asia, BuildingsBook Topic:Southeast Asia, ReligiousSize:10.10 x 6.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:2.101Product ID:SCR5M5AWSD
Bangkok Utopia: Modern Architecture and Buddhist Felicities, 1910-1973
"Utopia" is a word not often associated with the city of Bangkok, which is better known for its disorderly sprawl, overburdened roads, and stifling levels of pollution. Yet as early as 1782, when the city was officially founded on the banks of the Chao Phraya river as the home of the Chakri dynasty, its orientation was based on material and rhetorical considerations that alluded to ideal times...
Series: Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia's Architecture
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Hawaii PressISBN-13:9780824884604ISBN-10:824884604UPC:9780824884604Book Category:Architecture, HistoryBook Subcategory:Urban & Land Use Planning, Asia, BuildingsBook Topic:Southeast Asia, ReligiousSize:10.10 x 6.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:2.101Product ID:SCR5M5AWSD
Lawrence Chua is associate professor in the School of Architecture, Syracuse University.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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