Colonialism within a Broader Narrative of Modernity in Architecture

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COLONIALISM WITHIN A BROADER NARRATIVE OF MODERNITY
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Architecture
History is an outcome of cultural fabrication and development, just like architecture. The
literary sources and documented history reflect the social, economic, political and cultural
situations of an era just like a mirror. The essay makes an analysis of how different authors have
placed Colonialism within a broader narrative of Modernity and how it shaped the society during
the period of Modernity.
Sibel Bozdogan in his article addresses the current challenges faced in the architectural
history as to how to make it more cross-cultural and how to talk about the politics of architecture
Architectural debates of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on the transformation of distant
territories offer insights of postcolonial education of the architect. The political circumstances
and the "battle of styles"1 in England, the decline of empires paved the way for early modern
architecture. The history of the contemporary world is a complex one, intertwined with several
colonial, imperial, and cross-cultural encounters. In European and North American societies
modernity was not due to an indigenous development but resulted from social, technological, and
industrial transformations. They experienced modernization as a political and ideological
program. It is essential to study the connections between the large diffusions of architectural
discourses to express the culture of colonial architecture and urban expressions of modern
identity.
Mark Rosenthal investigates architecture in Sydney under the reforming Governorship of
Lachlan Macquarie and the historical developments affecting London architecture. The author
makes a general observation on how Sydney contrasts with during the early nineteenth-century
1 Sibel Bozdogan., “Architectural History in Professional Education,” 214.