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Mountains and Megastructures

Neo-Geologic Landscapes of Human Endeavour

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Editors:
  1. Martin Beattie

    1. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  2. Christos Kakalis

    1. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  3. Matthew Ozga-Lawn

    1. School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  • Undertakes an examination of mountains and megastructures as interrelated phenomena, drawing on the multidisciplinary nature of architectural research

  • Examines mountains and megastructures in an interchangeable way, uniquely negotiating the fixed boundaries of natural and artificial worlds to suggest a more complicated relationship between landscape and architecture

  • Includes historical, speculative, literary, performative, geographic, visual, social and participatory investigations to contribute to the wider academic discourse on cultural and political landscapes, demonstrating the potential of architectural research in its broadest sense

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Mountains and Megastructures: Neo-Geologic Landscapes of Human Endeavour

    • Martin Beattie, Christos Kakalis, Matthew Ozga-Lawn
    Pages 1-12

  4. Mountains

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Everest Death Zone: Bodily Transgressions in Architectural Drawing

      • James Craig, Matthew Ozga-Lawn
      Pages 119-129

    3. The Making and Unmaking of Kunanyi

      • James B. Kirkpatrick, Jeff Malpas
      Pages 131-148

    4. Lost on the Edges of Empire: John Stapylton Grey Pemberton’s Expedition to Darjeeling and the ‘Snowy Ranges’

      • Martin Beattie
      Pages 149-167

    5. Conquering Dragons

      • Neil Burford, Christos Kakalis
      Pages 169-191
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About this book

This book explores the shared qualities of mountains as naturally-formed landscapes, and of megastructures as manmade landscapes, seeking to unravel how each can be understood as an open system of complex network relationships (human, natural and artificial). By looking at mountains and megastructures in an interchangeable way, the book negotiates the fixed boundaries of natural and artificial worlds, to suggest a more complex relationship between landscape and architecture. It suggests an ecological understanding of the interconnectedness of architecture and landscape, and an entangled network of relations. Urban, colonialist, fictional, rural and historical landscapes are interwoven into this fabric that also involves discontinuities, tensions and conflicts as parts of a system that is never linear, but rather fluid and organic as driven by human endeavor.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Martin Beattie, Christos Kakalis, Matthew Ozga-Lawn

About the editors

Dr. Martin Beattie is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK.


Dr. Christos Kakalis is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK.


Dr. Matthew Ozga-Lawn is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mountains and Megastructures

  • Book Subtitle: Neo-Geologic Landscapes of Human Endeavour

  • Editors: Martin Beattie, Christos Kakalis, Matthew Ozga-Lawn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7110-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7109-1Published: 22 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7112-1Published: 23 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7110-7Published: 21 December 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 328

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Geography, Landscape Architecture, Cultural and Media Studies, general

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