Title & Author:

In the Chinese city : perspectives on the transmutations of an empire / [collection edited by Frédérick Edelmann ; editorial coordination by Yves Kirchner ; scienfic oversight by François Ged].

Publication:

Paris : Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine ; Barcelona : Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture ; New York : Actar Publications, [2008?]

Description:

340 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"An exhibition designed and produced by the Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine jointly with the Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture, under the high patronage of the Ministry of Culture and Communication and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the support of the cultural service of the French Embassy in China and the Chinese Embassy in France, in collaboration with Tongji University in Shanghai, the Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design (BICP), with the support of the Hauts de Seine Department/Musée Albert Kahn"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prefaces : In the Chinese city / François de Mazlères -- Ideology and transformation / Josep Ramoneda-- The fascination with the grand scale / Francis Rambert -- Introductions : Questions on the transformations of an empire / Frédéric Edelmann -- Cities and filmmakers / Jordi Ballò -- The Suzhou steles : The finest representation of Suzhou / Danielle Elisseeff -- Garden : The traditional Chinese garden : a world apart / Chiu Che Bing -- Public spaces and contemporary gardens / Arnauld Laffage -- Character : Structures : calligraphy, architecture, city space / Liu Yanjun -- Earth : A short history of Chinese cartography / Yves Kirchner -- Of the land and its mythologies / Catherine Bourzat -- A population on the move / Pierre Haski -- Water : Cities and water / Ruan Yisan -- City water supplies from the end of the 19th century to the 21st century / Delphine Spicq -- Water policy : the cracks begin to show / Brice Pedroletti -- Fengshui : Rituals and traditions of Chinese space / Yves Kirchner -- Interview with Zhong Ruzhong, a geomancer from Hunan / Patrice Fava and Shi Cuijie -- The tools of the geomancer / Patrice Fava -- Architecture : Construction: rules, models and manuals / Christophe Gaudier -- Yangshi Lei / Chiu Che Bing -- Family : Family structure / Dora Chesnes -- The city moulded by its social classes / Jean-Louis Rocca -- Qingming shanhe tu / Patrick Doan, François Pourcelet, sœur Qiao Bian yun -- Destruction : Destruction of Yuanmingyan 1861 / Victor Hugo -- Destruction and heritage / Frédéric Edelmann -- In Shixing hutong, awaiting the expulsion / Lily Eclimont -- Cities / Geneviève Imbot-Bichet -- Beijing : To the sources of the capital of the North: rites and transformations of the capital under heaven / Chiu Che Bing -- Lao She's Beijing / Yves Kirchner -- Wang Jun, chronicler of the new Beijing / Amélie Manon -- Impact of the Olympic Games on the city of Beijing / Wang Jun.
Translated into English from a French translation of the original Chinese.

Summary:

"Beijing hosts the summer 2008 Olympic Games, followed by the 2010 Universal Exposition in Shanghai. These two cities have undergone an architectonic and urban metamorphosis without precedent for dimension or speed; a movement which has transformed the whole of China and has deeply affected the lives of hundreds of millions of people. This book presents keys for understanding a phenomenon often blurred by touristic portrayals and issues of economic restlessness. Divided in two parts, the book first illustrates the history of urban China, from its acceleration over the 20th century to its metamorphosis over the last decade. It then explores 8 cities: diverse megalopolises including popular Shanghai and Beijing, famous Suzhou and Xi an, the unknown conurbian between Canton and Shenzhen on the Pearl River, and the emerging Chongqin with the gigantic three Gorges Dam Project."--Jacket

ISBN:

8496954498
9788496954496

Subject:

Architecture China 21st century.
City planning China.
Cities and towns China.
Architecture Chine 21e siècle.
Villes Chine.
Architecture.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Manners and customs.
China Social life and customs Exhibitions.
China History Exhibitions.
Chine Mœurs et coutumes Expositions.
Chine Histoire Expositions.
China.

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Edelmann, Frédéric.
Kirchner, Yves.
Ged, Françoise.
Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Paris, France)
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259573
Call No.: BIB 190483
Status: Available