China: Architectural Guide

In an era of accelerating population growth, mass urbanisation, and increasing pressure on the natural environment, the megacities of China's eastern seaboard have become a focal point of architectural and urban-design attention. The "reform and opening-up era" has touched China's major cities in different ways, affecting the existing fabric of dynastic capitals, trade hubs, and former European colonies and concessions; this in turn has provided the setting for a range of complex reactions by contemporary architects. The Architectural Guide China provides city-by-city coverage including historic maps and background information on urban form. Building on the authors' years of experience leading architectural study tours, this book is the first comprehensive English-language survey of recent Chinese architecture presented in the form of a travel guide.

Author: Evan Chakroff, Addison Godel, Jacqueline Gargus
Publisher: Dom Publishers
Published: 01/01/2016
Pages: 380
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.60h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9783869223483
ISBN10: 3869223480
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Buildings | General
- Architecture | Regional
- Travel | Asia | East | China