{"product_id":"algarve-building-9781472456847","title":"Algarve Building","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Adrian Forty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Algarve is not only Portugal's foremost tourism region. Uniquely Mediterranean in an Atlantic country, its building customs have long been markers of historical and cultural specificity, attracting both picturesque driven conservatives and modernists seeking their lineage. Modernism, regionalism and the vernacular'  three essential tropes of twentieth-century architecture culture  converged in the region's building identity construct and, often the subject of strictly metropolitan elaborations, they are examined here from a peripheral standpoint instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on work that won the Royal Institute of British Architects President's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis in 2013, \u003ci\u003eAlgarve Building \u003c\/i\u003echallenges the conventional inclusion of Portuguese modern architecture in Critical Regionalism' narratives. A fine-grain reconstruction of the debates and cultures at play locally exposes the extra-architectural and widely participated antecedents \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; Part 1 From the Centre; Chapter 1 Regional Formulae on Vernacular Material; Chapter 2 Architects on the Algarvian Identity; Part 2 From the Region; Chapter 3 Modernism and Vernacular in a Negotiated Identity; Chapter 4 ‘Miracle’ in Faro; Chapter 5 Modernist Regionalism; Chapter 6 The Stock and the Graft;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019903730007,"sku":"9781472456847","price":142.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472456847.jpg?v=1750781672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/algarve-building-9781472456847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}