China's Architecture in a Globalizing World Between Socialism and the Market

• Main Author: Han, Jiawen
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2018; Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition
• Subjects: Architecture; Architecture and globalization; Architecture and society; China, Chinese architecture, architecture, market socialism; Chinese Studies; Contemporary (1945-); Ethnic studies; History; History of architecture; Interdisciplinary studies; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional; Regional / International studies; Regional studies; Social groups, communities and identities; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; The Arts; Culture Revolution; Liu Jiakun; Mainland China; Everyday Urban Landscape; Beijing Foreign Studies University; Dafen Village; Chinese Communist Party; China; Private Design Firm; Chinese Contemporary Art; Chinese Architecture; Tunghai University; Contemporary Chinese Architects; Circular Design; Earthquake Memorial; International Architectural Discourse; Contemporary Chinese Architecture; Zhang Xiaogang; Urban Village; Wang Hongwen; SOHO China; Shale Brick; Pearl River Delta; Liang Sicheng; Chinese Architects
• ISBN: 9781351363303; 1351363301; 9781138559462; 1138559466; 9780367322274; 0367322277; 9780203712672; 0203712676; 9781351363297; 1351363298
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203712672

China is currently in the midst of an unprecedented building boom and, indeed, interest in Chinese contemporary architecture has been fuelled by this huge expansion. Through a cutting-edge theoretical discussion of Chinese architecture in relation to Chinese modernity, this book examines this phenom...