Cities’ Identity Through Architecture and Arts

Abstract

Table of contents Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Organization xiii Organizing institutions xv Sponsoring organizations xvii Keynote lecturers xix Architectural identity and globalization Architecture A great Chinese 'rural' metropolis-the unity and contradictions in Beijing's urban identity 3 X. Li Architectural ornaments in the twenty-first century: An analytical study 9 G.M. Elrayies Conservation strategies to revive the imageability of the Kumbakonam historic town 27