| Description |
xvi, 316 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Contents Ch. 1. Modern Chinese Architecture: A social, historical and formal analysis -- Ch. 2. Perspective As Symbolic Form: Beijing, 1729-35 -- Ch. 3. The Architect And A Nationalist Project: Nanjing, 1925-37 -- Ch. 4. A Spatial Revolution: Beijing, 1949-59 -- Ch. 5. The 1980s and 1990s: Liberalization -- Ch. 6. Criticality In Between China And The West, 1996-2004 -- Ch. 7. A Global Site and a Different Criticality -- Ch. 8. Beijing, 2008: A history -- Ch. 9. Geometries Of Life And Formlessness: A Chinese urban tradition -- Ch. 10. Twenty Plateaus, 1910s-2010s -- Glossary of Chinese expressions |
| Summary |
Summary: "A collection of essays on architecture of modern China, arranged chronologically covering a period from 1729 to 2008, focusing mainly on the twentieth century. The distinctive feature of this book is a blending of ʻcriticalʼ and ʻhistoricalʼ research, taking a long-range perspective transcending the current scene and the Maoist period."--Publisher description |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-289) and index |
| Subject |
Architecture -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture -- China.
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| LC no. |
2008014925 |
| ISBN |
0415457807 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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0415457815 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780415457804 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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9780415457811 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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