Fire and quake in the construction of Old Manila

Bankoff, Greg

Abstract

Manila, was one of the grandest early modern European cities in Asia, yet it was destroyed by fire and earthquake on numerous occasions. Over successive reconstructions, it evolved a style of architecture and urban planning that reconciled alien notions about space and place to local environmental realities. The city that materialised over the ensuing centuries was neither wholly European nor Asian, but a rich fusion of the two whose form and substance was ultimately determined by the twin threats of conflagration and seismic activity.

Citation

Bankoff, G. (2006). Fire and quake in the construction of Old Manila. Medieval History Journal, 10(1-2), 411-427. https://doi.org/10.1177/097194580701000215

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 31, 2007
• Online Publication Date: Oct 12, 2016
• Publication Date: 2006-10
• Deposit Date: Jul 13, 2018
• Journal: MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL
• Print ISSN: 0971-9458
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 411-427
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/097194580701000215
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/396114
• Publisher URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/097194580701000215