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Prof. Wagih Fawzi Youssef :: Publications: |
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| Title: | Lost / Displaced Architecture |
| Authors: | Wagih F. Youssef |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Keywords: | architectural style, displaced architecture, ethnocentricity, change and diversity. |
| Journal: | Not Available |
| Volume: | Not Available |
| Issue: | Not Available |
| Pages: | Not Available |
| Publisher: | Not Available |
| Local/International: | International |
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| Full paper | Not Available |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
| Abstract: |
This essay argues that an architecture that merely focuses on style, individual or historic, needs to redirect the focus to a contextual architecture that is sensitized to social, cultural and economic needs. Importantly, such a shift in focus may not be evident nor easy to maintain given that architecture is constituted of several dilemmas: a dilemma of style, a dilemma of ethnocentricity, a dilemma of non-linearity, a dilemma of change, and a dilemma of diversity. |
