{"product_id":"architecture-of-coexistence-building-pluralism","title":"Architecture of Coexistence: Building Pluralism","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree buildings, three countries, one question: can architecture actually make a society more open, or does it only reflect the openness already there? \u003cem\u003eArchitecture of Coexistence\u003c\/em\u003e tests that question against the White Mosque in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1980), the Islamic Cemetery Altach in Austria (2012) and Superkilen park in Copenhagen (2011)—each a project where Muslim life in Europe has been given built form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes the book is that it does not stop at the architects. Scholars from anthropology, religious studies, heritage conservation and philosophy sit alongside interviews with the people who use these places, so the long social afterlife of each project becomes visible rather than assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey features\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree sustained case studies of contemporary architecture inhabited by Muslims in Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterviews with both architects and users of each project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhoto essays by Velibor Božović, Cemal Emden, Jesper Lambaek and Nikolaus Walter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAround 100 illustrations, full colour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Zlatko Ugljen's White Mosque reworks the archetypal Bosnian plan under a deformed cupola\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBernardo Bader's Islamic Cemetery Altach, and Akšamija's own prayer-space installation within it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuperkilen as an experiment in extreme public participation across sixty nationalities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat migration, transculturalism and visibility mean once they are built rather than debated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the editor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAzra Akšamija is an artist and architectural historian, founding director of the MIT Future Heritage Lab and Associate Professor in the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology. She received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2013 for the prayer space at the Islamic Cemetery Altach, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eMosque Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and \u003cem\u003eMuseum Solidarity Lobby\u003c\/em\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 170 × 245 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 292\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9783966800082\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: ArchiTangle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: July 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitects and planners working on civic and religious buildings in plural societies, students of heritage and migration, and readers interested in how design either includes or quietly excludes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ArchiTangle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48987916140769,"sku":"9783966800082","price":86.05,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9783966800082.jpg?v=1787964264","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/architecture-of-coexistence-building-pluralism","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}