Main entry:

Prentice, Helaine Kaplan.

Title & Author:

Suzhou : shaping an ancient city for the new China : an EDAW/Pei Workshop / text by Helaine Kaplan Prentice ; [afterword by I.M. Pei].

Publication:

Washington, DC : Spacemaker Press, ©1998.

Description:

64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm.

Series:

Landmarks ; 08

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 62).
Pt. 1. Seeking a New Approach -- Pt. 2. The Workshop Begins. Site Visit. The Potential for Tourism -- Pt. 3. The Workshop Divides. Historic Preservation. Redevelopment Sites. Market Potential. Open Space and Circulation. Water Quality and Infrastructure. And How Was the Food? -- Pt. 4. The Workshop Succeeds. Turning Points. The Final Presentation -- Afterword / I. M. Pei.

Summary:

This book is based on a two-week charette conducted in July 1996 in Souzhou, China. Extensive documentation of this charette is presented here, including dozens of sketches, drawings and details developed by the members of the charette.

ISBN:

1888931159 (pbk.)
9781888931150 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture China Suzhou Shi (Jiangsu Sheng)
City planning China Suzhou Shi (Jiangsu Sheng)
Historic preservation China Suzhou Shi (Jiangsu Sheng)
City planning China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng)
Architecture Chine Suzhou (Jiangsu)
Urbanisme Chine Suzhou (Jiangsu)
Patrimoine historique Chine Suzhou (Jiangsu)
Architecture Chine Suzhou (Jiangsu : Shi)
Préservation historique Chine Suzhou (Jiangsu : Shi)
Architecture.
Buildings.
City planning.
Historic preservation.
Architecture China-su-chou shih.
City planning China.
Historic preservation China Suzhou.
City planning China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng) History.
Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng, China) Buildings, structures, etc.
Suzhou (Jiangsu, Chine) Constructions.
China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng)
China Suzhou Shi (Jiangsu Sheng)

Added entries:

Pei, I. M., 1917-2019.
Landmarks (Washington, D.C.) ; 08.

Suzhou workshop

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205084
Call No.: NA1547.S83 P7 1998
Status: Available