Spurred by ideals of individual liberty that took hold in the Western world in the late nineteenth century, psychiatrists and public officials sought to reinvent asylums as large-scale, totally design
Unites architectural history with the study of urban space and the spread of Islam, showing how dervish lodges became sites where a new ruling elite promoted the cult of Sufi saints.
"Investigates how architecture, technology, politics, and urban planning came together in French architect Victor Baltard's creation of the Central Markets of Paris. Presents a case study of the histo
"Explores the work of Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, focusing on his courthouse extension (1933-36) in the port city of Gothenburg. Places Asplund's building into the wider context of public archit
A symbolic locus embodying myriad meanings, the political center of the Eastern Mediterranean, and one of the old world's largest urban centers, Constantinople was the site of large-scale urban and ar
"Examines the crown-sponsored architecture and urbanism of Naples during the reign of King Charles of Bourbon (1734-59). Shows how structures and public spaces helped consolidate royal authority and r
Drawing on extensive archival research and wide reading in the theological and political literature of the period, Curran sets Romanesque Revival architecture in the context of debates on the roles ch
