New China architecture

Periplus

2015

240 p.

9780794607579

A hundred flowers -- Beijing Capital International Airport -- Jianwai SOHO -- National Grand Theatre -- National Institute of Accountancy -- China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters -- 798 new art district -- Beijing books building -- 'Watercube' national swimming center -- Pingod (apple) sales/art gallery -- Foreign language teaching and research press -- Gediao sales office -- Looped hybrid housing -- Commune by the Great Wall -- Cantilever House -- Bamboo Wall House -- Suitcase House -- Shared House -- Airport House -- "See" and "Seen" House -- Split House -- The clubhouse -- Shanghai World Financial Center -- Jinmao Tower -- Shanghai Pudong International Airport -- Shanghai Opera House -- China Europe International Business School -- Jiushi Corporation Headquarters -- Building C, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University -- Tongji University Library Remodelling -- Xintiandi -- West Lake Southern line pavilions -- Tiantai Museum -- Wenzheng College Library -- Ningbo Campus Library, Zhejiang University -- Ningbo Urban Museum -- Laowaitan -- Guangzhou International Exhibition Center -- Guangzhou Opera House -- Shenzhen Cultural Center -- Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Shenzhen University -- Office of planning and national land resources -- He Douling Studio -- Luyeyuan Stone Sculpture Museum.

China's booming cities are evolving at a dizzying speed, and her new wealth has created a dynamic environment for architecture and construction. "New China Architecture" documents the spectacular transformation modern China has undergone in recent decades as the heady push to prosperity has inspired architects from China and around the globe to produce striking new designs. Award-winning professor of architecture, Xing Ruan, covers the entire range of China's most captivating new building projects--from Shanghai skyscrapers to public buildings in Beijing and Guangzhou, and from cutting-edge private homes and gleaming new airports to theaters and universities throughout China. Over the past few decades, architects, urban planners, and design aficionados everywhere have watched China's spectacular urban transformation with awe, and "New China Architecture" offers them a closer look at the country's most innovative new buildings.

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