Autrefois, Maison Privee |
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| Author:
| Burke, Bill |
| Contribution by:
| Fall, Bernard |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57687-180-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | powerHouse Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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On Burke's regular trips to Indochina he became,aware of how the architecture inhabited as much as,reflected the region's history. Transfixed by,buildings like the municipal offices built by the,French in the 1860s, he saw the region as an,architectural museum, rotting in the humidity and,untouched by economic ambition, and began to trace,the dramatic history and cultural changes in the,area through its buildings, from the influence of,French colonialism through the rise of...
More DescriptionOn Burke's regular trips to Indochina he became,aware of how the architecture inhabited as much as,reflected the region's history. Transfixed by,buildings like the municipal offices built by the,French in the 1860s, he saw the region as an,architectural museum, rotting in the humidity and,untouched by economic ambition, and began to trace,the dramatic history and cultural changes in the,area through its buildings, from the influence of,French colonialism through the rise of communism,and the devastation of the Vietnam War, to the,liberation of Cambodia and the dawn of capitalism.