Movement
Global-turn architectural historiography
Explore in the Atlas →Loose post-2000 movement among architectural historians (Ching/Jarzombek/Prakash; James-Chakraborty; Çelik; Akcan; Chattopadhyay) committed to writing architectural history beyond Western canons — and divided internally over whether the survey form can shed its Eurocentric scaffolding.
Knowledge Time Migration
Details
- Origin
- transnational (US/UK/EU)
Referenced by
- Kathleen James-Chakraborty associated with
- Esra Akcan associated with
- Zeynep Çelik associated with
- Swati Chattopadhyay associated with
- Mark M. Jarzombek associated with
Sources
- Architectural Histories (EAHN). “Modernity Beyond the West: A Review of Kathleen James-Chakraborty's Architecture Since 1400.” (2015). https://journal.eahn.org/article/id/7484/.
- Ching, F. D. K.; Jarzombek, M.; Prakash, V. A Global History of Architecture. Wiley, 2006.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Global-turn architectural historiography." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/global-turn-historiography-movement/. Accessed July 17, 2026.