Architecture in China / edited by Philip Jodidio.

Title & Author:

Architecture in China / edited by Philip Jodidio.

Publication:

Cologne : Taschen : [distributor] Littlehampton Book Services (LBS) : [distributor] Tower Books P/L : [distributor] New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd : [distributor] Jonathan Ball Publishers SA : [distributor] Publishers Resources Inc, 2007.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 x 3 cm

Notes:
Hardback.
German, French & English.

Summary:

Part of an architecture series that brings a different perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. This book features 15 to 20 architects with the focus on how they have contributed to architecture in China. TASCHEN's new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects - from the firmly established to the up-and-coming - with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects' or firms' most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured. Architects featured include: Atelier Deshaus, Atelier Feichang Jianzhu (FCJZ), Atelier Zhanglei, EDGE Design Institute, Fake Design, Herzog & de Meuron, HHF architekten, Arata Isozaki, Jiakun Architects, Kengo Kuma, Li Xiaodong Atelier, MAD, MADA s.p.a.m., Michael Maltzan Architecture, NODE - Architecture, OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Studio Pei-Zhu, Toshiko Mori Architect, URBANUS Architecture & Design, Wang Hui, X-urban Associates, and Zhu Xiaofeng/Scenic Architecture.

Biographical note:

Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard University, and was Editor-in-Chief of the leading French art journal Connaissance des Arts for over two decades. He has published numerous articles and books on contemporary architecture, including TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, Building a New Millennium, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, or Alvaro Siza, and is internationally recognized as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.

ISBN:

9783822852644 (hbk.)
3822852643 (hbk.)

Subject:

Architecture China 21st century.
Architecture China.
Architecture Chine 21e siècle.
Architecture Chine.
Architecture
China

Added entries:

Jodidio, Philip.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 253775
Call No.: BIB 183574
Status: Available

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