The NAi Effect Creating Architecture Culture

Sergio M. Figueiredo

ISBN 10: 946208307X / ISBN 13: 9789462083073

Published by Nai2010 publishers, 2017

Seller Inventory # E-9789462083073-2-2

Synopsis:

Since its first iterations in the early 19th century, the architectural museum has been one of the most significant forces in the creation and dissemination of architectural culture to a wide audience, while also serving as an important locus of authority for architectural discourse and practice. Architect and scholar Sergio Figueiredo's new study, The NAi Effect: Creating Architecture Culture, elucidates the social and cultural aims of architecture museums and their impact in creating architecture culture through a critical survey of the history and the legacy of one such institution, the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) in Rotterdam. This volume embarks on a probing exploration of one of the most important architectural institutions in the world, offering new insights into its history, how cultural policy operates on the ground, and how cultural institutions relate to a fast-changing global context.

From the Back Cover: For English see below

Geen andere instelling heeft zo'n grote rol gespeeld bij de totstandkoming van de architectuurcultuur als het architectuurmuseum. Dit elegante boek van Sergio Figueiredo belicht de sociale en culturele doelstellingen van architectuurmusea en hun invloed op de totstandkoming van de architectuurcultuur. Met een kritisch overzicht van de geschiedenis en de erfenis van het Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi) biedt Figueiredo inzicht in de manier waarop cultureel beleid in de praktijk werkt en hoe specifieke nationale culturele instellingen zich verhouden tot de snel veranderende mondiale context.

Een diepgaand onderzoek naar een van de belangrijkste architectuurinstituten ter wereld én een kritische analyse van een verschijnsel dat zich sinds haar oprichting in het begin van de negentiende eeuw heeft ontwikkeld tot een fundamenteel instrument voor de bevordering en de verspreiding van architectuur.

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In The NAi Effect, Sergio Figueiredo elegantly elucidates the social and cultural aims of architecture museums - arguably the most significant institutions in creating architecture culture as well as directing architectural discourse and practice. By providing a critical survey of the history and the legacy of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi), Figueiredo provides insights to how cultural policy works in practice and how specific national cultural institutions relate to a fast changing global context. This book is a probing study of one of the most important architectural institutions in the world as well as a critical analysis of a fundamental instrument for architecture's advancement and dissemination since their inception in the early nineteenth century.For English see below

Bibliographic Details

Title: The NAi Effect Creating Architecture Culture
Publisher: Nai2010 publishers
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very good