ASIAN ALTERITY<br> With Special Reference to Architecture and Urbanism Through the Lens of Cultural Studies

ASIAN ALTERITY
With Special Reference to Architecture and Urbanism Through the Lens of Cultural Studies

CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER William S W Lim	1
PART I ASIAN ALTERITY
Note on Foreword: Writers and Reviewers William S W Lim	15
FOREWORDS William S W Lim	16
Introduction and The Rise of Asia William S W Lim	33
Modernities William S W Lim	52
Selected Cultural Studies William S W Lim	74
Asian Architecture and Urbanism William S W Lim	100
What Others Say William S W Lim	184
BACK MATTER William S W Lim	205
PART II CASE STUDIES OF ASIAN CITIES
INTRODUCTION William S W Lim	1
COMMENT ON WORKSHOP Chua Beng Huat	4
Bangkok: A City in Flux Kanika R'kul (Ratanapridakul)	8
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon): Before the Doorstep of Global Assimilation Tran Khang	20
Hong Kong: City of Maximum Quantities Li Shiqiao	28
Istanbul: Istanbul Observations Tan Kay Ngee	37
The Melbourne Case Study: The Consultant Arrives (and sees) … Leon van Schaik	46
Seoul: Gangnam Alternative Nature — The Experience of Nature Without Parks Yoon-Jin Park and Jungyoon Kim	58
Shanghai Assessed: Six Architecture Nodes of the City Eunice Seng, Wee H. Koon and Soh E. Keat	68
Singapore: In Search of Architectural Transparencies Kaw Jon Kher	80
Tokyo: An Urban Collage of Chaos amidst Order Takeo Muraji	88

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