Theorizing Built Form and Culture

The Legacy of Amos Rapoport
Herausgeber: Silva, Kapila D.; Fernando, Nisha A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume emphasizes the significance of Professor Amos Rapoport's lifelong scholarship. Scholars from around the world discuss the analytical relevance, expansion, and continuing application of these contributions in developing an advanced understanding of mutual relationships between people and built environments across cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9781032437347
• ISBN-10: 1032437340
• Artikelnr.: 69485103

Autorenporträt

Kapila D. Silva is Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Kansas, USA. He has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, from where he received his doctorate, and at the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, from where he received professional architectural education. He is the lead editor of four volumes on cultural heritage management in the Asia-Pacific region (all published by Routledge) and co-author of The ¿ämpi¿avih¿ras of Sri Lanka: Elevated Image-houses in Buddhist Architecture (Anthem Press, 2021). Nisha A. Fernando is Director and Associate Professor of Interior Architecture at the University of Kansas, USA. Prior to joining KU, she was Professor of Interior Architecture at University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, USA, where she taught since 2001. She received her PhD in environment-behavior studies from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a master of science and bachelor of science in architecture from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Her broad scope of research includes culture-space relationships, and her most current research includes sensory aspects of spatial experiences and design pedagogy.