Southeast Asian modern : from roots to contemporary turns

7589, Burhani Book Centre 2026-02-16

Chapter 1, Introduction p.8, Prehistoric Making of Territories p.10, Pre-Modern Cultures
and Geographies p.18, Emergence of Modern States p.25, Versions of Grounded Path-
Dependent Modernization p.40, Organization of the Book p.46, Chapter 2,
Austronesian Indigenous Vernacular
p.48, Typal Precedents p.51, Figural References p.60, Contemporary Projects p.66,
Huts and Longhouses p.66, Village Configurations p.76, Fabric and Skeletal
Constructions p.85, Non-Rectangular Organic Arrangements p.93, Chapter 3, Early
Dynastic Variations p.104, Settlements from West and North p.107, Pagodas and
Temples by Other Names p.117, Gates, Pavilions and Other Elements p.125,
Contemporary Projects p.134, Indianized Variations p.134, Sinicized Variations p.150,
Chapter 4, Western Colonizations p.164, Transplantations from Homelands p.167,
Processes of Adaptation and Accommodation p.176, Housing Indigenous Migrations
p.186, Contemporary Projects p.194, Further Adaptations and Forms p.194, Art Deco
Revival and Conservation p.203, Shophouses and Terrace Houses p.214, Chapter 5,
Post-Colonizations p.224, Assertions of Cultural Modernism
p.226, Other Imaginaries p.239, Global Modernism with Local Inflections p.247,
Contemporary Projects p.256, Beyond Brutalism p.258, Climatic Turns p.268,
Contemporary High-Rise Buildings p.277, Chapter 6 Observations and Conclusions
p.288, Practical Reckoning with Need p.290, Syncretic Search for Outcomes p.293,
Object Qualities and Arrangements p.295, Awareness of Local Environments p.298,
Responses to Levels of Development p.303, Concluding Trends 306, Cliometric Data
Analyses p.310, References p.322, Biographical Notes of Regional Architects p.330,
Acknowledgments p.334, About the Authors p.335, |llustration Credits p.336,Index
p.338.