What world can learn from Australia: A critical review of the trend of internationalism in architecture

The speed and scale of urban development around the world on both regional and metropolitan scale, is disturbing the sense of community and leading to the loss of cultural values. This especially is a concern considering the high impact associated with weakening resilience around these new built environments. This, accompanied with the internationalization of the profession and the use of internet platforms such as Pinterest as a design reference without considering the context and culture on which the architects are designing in, has led to a universal and form-based architecture that relies more on fashion, than the social values. The product is getting more and more away from being culturally significant and sensitive towards the users. This paper is attempting to bring attention to the importance of conscious design towards the sense of identity and local connection in the built environment, taking the experience of the imported architecture by European settlers who ignored and miss judged the importance of the Australian Indigenous culture as a starting point. The paper emphasises the possible consequences of ignoring the culturally sensitive architecture. Keywords: Culture; sensitive architecture; native architecture; internationalism

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