Architectural encounters with essence and form in modern China
The book considers such subjects as cultural developments in China in response to the forced opening to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, the return of overseas-educated Chinese architects, foreign influences on Chinese architecture, the controversy over the use of "big roofs" and ot...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
MIT Press
2002
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Add Tag | Summary: | The book considers such subjects as cultural developments in China in response to the forced opening to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, the return of overseas-educated Chinese architects, foreign influences on Chinese architecture, the controversy over the use of "big roofs" and other sinicizing aspects of Chinese architecture in the 1950s, the hard economic conditions of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution |
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| Physical Description: | 287 pages illustrations 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 026218219X 9780262182195 |
Architectural encounters with essence and form in modern China