Study Of Architectural History Research Articles

Gending Architectural Design of the Javanese Arts Performance Center in Wonogiri City, Central Java

The aim of this study is to provide facilities for fans and performers of the arts, in the form of a building that is able to accommodate a number of local cultural arts activities that represent Wonogiri's local wisdom while at the same time being able to reflect technological advances so that they can embrace young people's interest in loving traditional culture. The approach used in the design is research-based design, and the study of architectural history, namely design that is supported by research results, regarding the wishes and expectations of residents for activities and facilities, which takes into account the history of the city, traditional buildings, patterns of life and culture of the community, to support the design. The results showed that the design consists of several zones of public, semi-public, semi-private, private, service, with 4 main room divisions including the main lobby room, main performance room, semi out door show room, and education and training room. The layout of the building, site, and external performance of the building are designed with a mix of cultures and illustrate the meaning of the name Wonogiri which means forest and mountain, which is combined with modern architecture.

Beyond Bauhaus: Modernism in Britain, 1933–1966

Beyond Bauhaus: Modernism in Britain, 1933–1966

Review: Exterranean: Extraction in the Humanist Anthropocene

Review: <i>Exterranean: Extraction in the Humanist Anthropocene</i>

Accreditation Requirements and the Global History of Architecture

Accreditation Requirements and the Global History of Architecture

Review: Electric Light: An Architectural History, by Sandy Isenstadt and Palazzos of Power: Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company 1900–1930, by Aaron V. Wunsch and Joseph E. B. Elliott

Sandy Isenstadt Electric Light: An Architectural History Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2018, 304 pp., 27 color and 109 b/w illus. $44.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780262038171 Aaron V. Wunsch and Joseph E. B. Elliott Palazzos of Power: Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company 1900–1930 New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2016, 160 pp., 124 b/w illus. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781616895006 “A bicycle shed is a building. Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture,” Nikolaus Pevsner famously wrote at the beginning of his Outline of European Architecture .1 The two books under review, both of which deal in various ways with electricity and architecture, offer compelling evidence of how far the study of architectural history has moved away from Pevsner's formulation. Beyond this, the books diverge. Sandy Isenstadt's Electric Light is a series of meditations on the way electrical lighting has altered both the built environment and our perception of it. In contrast, Palazzos of Power , with text by Aaron V. Wunsch and images by Joseph E. B. Elliott, is a case study of a single building type erected by a single company in a single urban area over a narrow time span. It is probably best to think of Palazzos of Power as a portfolio of photographs. It includes a short but eloquent foreword by David Nye, the peerless chronicler of the history of technology, who puts the subject into a broad historical perspective. Wunsch contributes an informative essay that discusses in more detail the history of the Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO), the technology it employed, the buildings it erected, and the two men most responsible for the buildings pictured in the book, namely, company engineer William C. L. Eglin and the Philadelphia architect John T. Windrim. According to Wunsch, PECO was the result of a series of mergers that took place during a period of tumultuous technological change in the electrical industry. The result was a unified power company for the Philadelphia region, one of the country's most heavily industrialized urban areas. As the company grew, it became clear that the power stations located in the city center and using direct current for transmission were insufficient to …

The visual side of digital humanities: a survey on topics, researchers, and epistemic cultures

Abstract Although the digital humanities have traditionally been conceived as a text-based discipline, both digital visualization techniques as well as visual analysis are increasingly used for research in various humanities disciplines. Since there are several overlaps in epistemic cultures of visually oriented and digitally supported research in art and architectural history studies, museology, and archaeology, as well as cultural heritage, we introduce ‘visual digital humanities’ as novel ‘umbrella’ term to cover research approaches in the digital humanities that are dependent on both consuming and producing pictorial, rather than textual, information to answer their humanities research questions. This article aims to determine this particular field of research in terms of (1) research topics, (2) disciplinary standards, and (3) a scholarly culture as well as (4) researchers’ habits and backgrounds. This study is intended to highlight a scope of phenomena and aspects of relevance. Information is gathered by interviews with researchers at London universities and workshops held in Germany and Sweden.

Cultural intercourse of the Lao Vieng ethnic groups that reflects on the architectural style and the use of space in the Korat house

Lao Vieng ethnic groups were taken as prisoners of war to Nakhon Ratchasima in 1778, resulting in a continuous cultural intercourse with the Thai Korat people, especially in the construction of Korat house styles. Recent research has investigated residential housing and the use of space by the two groups of Lao Vieng—Laos Vieng Taku and Laos Vieng Japoh—who settled either close to or away from the center of administration. This article focuses on the comparison of the cultural intercourse of these two groups against the main cultural group which is reflected in the development of housing and the use of interior space. A study of architectural history is applied along with anthropology and sociology. The methodology includes housing surveys, case studies, and interviews with residents. Comparative analysis between the two groups aimed at studying the phenomena of cultural intercourse, including its contributing factors. The study findings show that in a historical context, both groups have maintained to some extent, aspects according to traditional Lao culture. However, the housing patterns of the Lao Vieng Japoh reflect more the adoption of the Korat house than the other, as the location of their community is closer to the administrative center and trade routes, and is surrounded by different cultural groups, especially the Thai Korat group, resulting in social interactions, cultural intercourse, and blending in with the mainstream culture at a greater level.

Review: China's Early Mosques, by Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt

Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt China's Early Mosques Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015, 368 pp., 8 maps, 140 color and 60 b/w illus. $160/£95, ISBN 9780748670413 This well-illustrated book is a most welcome addition to art and architectural history studies, especially in the fields of Islamic and Chinese art. I know this because I have had the opportunity to use the volume on several occasions. In one case, as I was preparing for a trip to Xinjiang, I found the book indispensable not only for my preparation to visit this area of Central Asian China but also for the accurate information it provided. Before the publication of China's Early Mosques , I had visited important early Muslim sites in southeast and north-central China, but until I read Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt's text, I had great difficulty sorting fact from fiction about the monuments I saw. There is absolutely no other book in English or any European language that covers China's mosques. Further, in addition to being unique, it is lucidly written, shedding light on a topic that might otherwise seem bewildering to the non-Islamic, non-China specialist. This volume will remain the standard work on Chinese mosques well into the future. Chapter 1 opens the book with an introduction to Islam in China, with its population of about 23 million Muslims, the majority of whom are Hui (about 10 million), followed by Uyghurs (about 8.4 million); the rest are largely members of other Turkic-speaking ethnic groups. The written record and material remains provide considerable evidence of trade between China and both South Asia …

Reading architectural history

The author concentrates on fundamental texts in the study of architectural history with special reference to eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain. The texts under discussion address key themes or methods in the construction of architectural histories. Alongside this, philosophical or theoretical writings that address the abstract issues surrounding the main texts are presented as a kind of exegesis on the chosen texts. This, together with an introduction and discursive essays which preface each of the sections, present a trans-disciplinary discourse around the discipline of architectural history.

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE WAY: The Architecture of Excursion and Return

Drawing from the metaphor of excursion and return and Sino-Japanese notions of the Way, five way-stations are visited: architecture as a model for Bildung; design as an aimless wandering allowing the spontaneous appearance of ideas; the study of architectural history as a way of understanding prejudice; the encounter with alien traditions as the most provocative means of transforming prejudice; and metaphor as a means for this transformation.1

The incorporation of construction history in architectural history: the HISTCON interactive computer program

Current teaching methods for architectural history seldom embrace building technology as an essential component of study. Accepting the premise that architectural history is a fundamental component to the overall architectural learning environment, it is argued that the study of construction history will further enhance student knowledge. This hypothesis created an opportunity to investigate how the study of construction history could be incorporated to strengthen present teaching methods. Strategies for teaching architectural history were analyzed with the determination that an incorporation of educational instructional design applications using object-oriented programming and hypermedia provided the optimal solution. This evaluation led to the development of the HISTCON interactive, multimedia educational computer program. Used initially to teach 19 th Century iron and steel construction history, the composition of the program provides the mechanism to test the significance of construction history in the study of architectural history. Future development of the program will provide a method to illustrate construction history throughout the history of architecture. The study of architectural history, using a construction oriented methodology, is shown to be positively correlated to increased understanding of architectural components relevant to architectural history and building construction.

Lewis Mumford and American modernism: Eutopian theories for architecture and urban planning

Introduction: the story of Mumford's Eutopia Part I. The Education of a Critic: Part II. The Study of Architectural History: Part III. Towards an Organic Architectural Criticism: Part IV. Building the Regional City: Conclusion: Lewis Mumford, 1895-1990.

The Study of Architectural History. Bruce Alsopp

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsThe Study of Architectural History. Bruce Alsopp Carl W. ConditCarl W. Condit Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 62, Number 3Autumn, 1971 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/350778 Views: 2Total views on this site Copyright 1971 History of Science Society, Inc.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.