{"id":20038,"date":"2024-10-07T10:43:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T10:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=20038"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:38:34","slug":"world-architecture-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/world-architecture-day","title":{"rendered":"World Architecture Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Happy World Architecture Day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

As described by the International Union of Architects, “World Architecture Day (WAD), created by the International Union of Architects (UIA) in 1985,  is celebrated annually on the first Monday of October. This day coincides with the United Nations World Habitat Day, aligning the architectural community\u2019s efforts with global urban development goals.”. This year’s theme is \u2018Empowering the next generation to participate in urban design\u2019. Read more from their page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the spirit of this day, we have compiled some of our Architecture titles below, spanning across subjects, with free to read introductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

You may also be interested in our series Space and Place<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bodily, geographic, and architectural sites are embedded with cultural knowledge and social value. This series provides ethnographically rich analyses of the cultural organization and meanings of these sites of space, architecture, landscape, and places of the body. Contributions examine the symbolic meanings of space and place, the cultural and historical processes involved in their construction and contestation, and how they communicate with wider political, religious, social, and economic institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Smoke and Mirrors<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yenidze Cigarette Factory, Dresden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Nielsen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yenidze Cigarette Factory of 1909 was constructed as an industrial, architectural object that advertised Dresden as a center for the tobacco trade. Born from a unique client-architect relationship between Hugo Zietz and Martin Hammitzsch, the factory\u2019s importance to modernism has been understated. Smoke and Mirrors<\/em> uncovers the history of the factory\u2019s planning, design, and construction, and for the first time, apart from the building\u2019s historical narrative, positions this addition to Dresden\u2019s skyline within the formative histories of the modern movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume 22, Space and Place<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Transforming Author Museums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Sites of Pilgrimage to Cultural Hubs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Ulrike Spring, Johan Schimanski and Thea Aarbakke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a fine and rich collection of essays on the topic of the literary museum, notably on the writer’s house museum. It offers engaging perspectives and new horizons that in the international scholarship on this topic will be highly appreciated.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Harald Hendrix<\/strong>, University of Utrecht<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume 13, Museums and Collections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Houses Transformed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthropological Perspectives on Changing Practices of Dwelling and Building<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Jonathan Alderman and Rosalie Stolz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn interesting and worthwhile collection, covering a wide range of different themes relating to change and transformation related to the house.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Monica Janowski<\/strong>, University of London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Poverty Archaeology<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture, Material Culture and the Workhouse under the New Poor Law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlotte Newman and Katherine Fennelly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an excellent and fascinating examination of how archaeology can inform the study of poverty in nineteenth century England. The work takes as its focus the exploration of workhouses and how the analysis of the built material culture can aid our understanding of them. It exemplifies the value of using detailed case studies to interrogate and critique national models and understandings of social experience. To tell, what Hicks and Beaudry have called, \u2018stories that matter\u2019.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Matthew Jenkins<\/strong>, University of York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Structures of Protection?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rethinking Refugee Shelter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Tom Scott-Smith and Mark E. Breeze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile there has been an exponential growth in the literature on refugees and forced migration over the past decade, the issue of shelter has received very little attention. This volume fills that important gap in an admirable manner.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Jeff Crisp<\/strong>, University of Oxford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume 39, Forced Migration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Pacific Spaces<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translations and Transmutations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by A.-Chr Engels-Schwarzpaul, Lana Lopesi, and Albert L. Refiti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe authors make an important contribution to understanding spatial relationships within indigenous communities. The book highlights an important, and often overlooked, connection between space, time, and the built environment by breaking the disciplinary bounds that often confine our understandings.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Jamon Alex Halvaksz<\/strong>, University of Texas at San Antonio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume 10, Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Museum, Place, Architecture and Narrative<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nordic Maritime Museums\u2019 Portrayals of Shipping, Seafarers and Maritime Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annika B\u00fcnz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A characteristic trait of the maritime museums is that they are often located in a contemporary and\/or historical environment from which the collections and narratives originate. The museum can thereby be directly linked to the site and its history. It is therefore vital to investigate the maritime museums in terms of relationships between landscape, architecture, museum and collections. This volume unravels the kinds of worlds and realities the Nordic maritime museums stage, which identities and national myths they depict, and how they make use of both the surrounding maritime environments and the architectural properties of the museum buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume 15, Museums and Collections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Forging Architectural Tradition<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Narratives, Monument Preservation and Architectural Work in the Nineteenth Century<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Dragan Damjanovi\u0107 and Aleksander \u0141upienko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe book<\/em> Forging Architectural Tradition is an excellent contribution for anyone interested in the creation of national narratives around architectural buildings. It is suitable for architects, art historians, historians, sociologists, cultural researchers, and the general cultural public, as well as anyone interested in the national narratives of \u2018small\u2019 nations. The topics explored in the book should not be viewed as a part of the distant past but as still current as the historical processes described in the book can help us deal with problems related to the politicization of heritage that is still evident today.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Prostor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume 4, Explorations in Heritage Studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Politics of the Dunes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poetry, Architecture, and Coloniality at the Open City<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maxwell Woods<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the heart of the project are the politics of avant-gardism and of the brutally repressive dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Though not an easy read, this is certainly a volume that specialists in visionary experiments of the 20th century will want to take into account…Recommended.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume 19, Space and Place<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read freely available\u00a0introduction<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\n

Power and Architecture<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Construction of Capitals and the Politics of Space<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Michael Minkenberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026a volume which, through its innovative approach, provides numerous valuable insights.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Contemporary European Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume 12, Space and Place<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy World Architecture Day! As described by the International Union of Architects, “World Architecture Day (WAD), created by the International Union of Architects (UIA) in 1985,  is celebrated annually on the first Monday of October. This day coincides with the United Nations World Habitat Day, aligning the architectural community\u2019s efforts with global urban development goals.”.… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[299,107,581,423,1785,1740,111,349,113,224,992,110,1784,1827,601,278,1753,1601,275,204,1779,183,1768,1745],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20038"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20090,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20038\/revisions\/20090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}