Architecture of Modern China : A Historical Critique

ISBN-13: 9780415457804 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 336 str.

Zhu Jianfei; Jianfei Zhu

Opis

This collection of essays on the architecture of modern China covers a period from 1729 to 2008, but focuses mainly on the 20th century. A distinctive feature of the book is a blending of 'critical' and 'historical' research, taking a long-range perspective transcending the current scene and the Maoist period.

Spis treści

1. Modern Chinese Architecture  2. Perspective as Symbolic Form: Beijing, 1729-35  3. The Architect and a Nationalist Project: Nanjing, 1925-37  4. A Spatial Revolution: Beijing, 1949-59  5. The 1980s and 90s: Liberalization  6. Criticality in between China and the West, 1996-2004  7. A Global Site and a Different Criticality  8. Beijing, 2008: A History  9. Geometries of Life and Formlessness  10. Twenty Plateaus, 1910s-2010s

O autorze

Jianfei Zhu is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture Building & Planning at the University of Melbourne. His research explores analytical and international perspectives on the Chinese experience in architecture, urbanity and social practice.