9781864709209: Architecture China: Architecture as Infrastructure
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1864709200 ISBN 13: 9781864709209
Publisher: The Images Publishing Group, 2021

Synopsis

  • Lastest publication in the series Architecture China which focuses on cutting-edge achitectural designs with regional characteristics in contemporary China
  • This issue, Winter 2020, Architecture as Infrastructure, selects a series of pioneering architectural cases in China
  • Elaborates on how a new kind of architectural infrastructure can be formulated
Architecture China focuses on cutting-edge achitectural designs with regional characteristics in contemporary China.

This issue, Winter 2020, Architecture as Infrastructure, selects a series of pioneering architectural cases in China elaborating on how a new kind of architectural infrastructure can be formulated. It includes two essays respectively written by Zhang Bin and Tan Zheng, and the built projects of the 11th Horticultural Exposition of Jiangsu Province. Another series of built projects "Toilet Revolution" is also included.

Both the academic writings and architectural practice in this issue reveal the hidden potential of urban infrastructure in the current construction in China.

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About the Author

Dr. Li Xiangning is Deputy Dean and Full Professor in History, Theory and Criticism at Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a member of CICA (Comité International des Critiques d'Architecture), he has worked as curator for numerous exhibitions and has published widely on contemporary Chinese architecture and urbanism. He is Chief Editor of Architecture China and President of Architecture China Foundation. Furthermore, he has been working with international museums and institutes and he has been a jury member to many international awards and competitions.

From the Back Cover

Architecture China focusses on cutting-edge architectural designs with regional characteristics in contemporary China.

This issue, Winter 2020, Architecture as Infrastructure, selects a series of pioneering architectural cases in China elaborating on how a new kind of architectural infrastructure can be formulated. It includes two essays respectively written by Zhang Bin and Tan Zheng, and the built projects of the 11th Horticultural Exposition of Jiangsu Province. Another series of built projects "Toilet Revolution" is also included.

Both the academic writings and architectural practice in this issue reveal the hidden potential of urban infrastructure in the current construction in China.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
The Images Publishing Group
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1864709200
ISBN 13 
9781864709209
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
190