Architecture, Power, and National IdentityYale University Press, 1992 M01 1 - 338 pages Explores parliamentary complexes in capital cities on six continents, showing how the buildings that house national government institutions are products of the political and cultural balance of power within pluralist societies. |
Contents
National Identity and the Capitol | 44 |
For Union | 56 |
Designed Capitals after World | 105 |
Designed Capitals since 1960 | 128 |
FOUR POSTCOLONIAL | 163 |
Sri Lankas Island Parliament | 190 |
Precast Arabism for Kuwait | 209 |
The Acropolis of Bangladesh | 236 |
Designing Power and Identity | 272 |
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