Modern Chinese architecture : 180 years / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt.

Main entry:

Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman, author.

Title & Author:

Modern Chinese architecture : 180 years / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[Novato, California] : ORO Editions, [2024]
©2024

Description:

470 pages : illustrations (color), maps (color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : Chinese architecture becomes modern -- Early Jindai, 1840-1912 : war, concessions, treaty ports, banks, universities, churches -- Later Jindai, 1912-1937 : social reform, architectural modernization -- Late Jindai, 1937-1949 : modern construction during political upheaval -- Xiandai, 1949-1978 : architecture of socialism -- Dangdai, 1975-2000 : reopening to internationalism -- Dangdangdai, 2000-present : contemporary global architecture.

Summary:

"Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years tells the dramatic story of the transformation of Chinese architecture from a predominantly modular, timber-frame, single-story building system with ceramic tile roofs of anonymous, local craftsmen to skyscrapers designed by internationally acclaimed architects"-- Publisher's website.

ISBN:

1961856077 (hardback)
9781961856073 (hardback)

Subject:

Architecture China History.
Architecture Chine Histoire.

Form/genre:

photobooks.
Photobooks.
Livres de photographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320531
Call No.: 320531
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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