Main entry:

Rowe, Peter G.

Title & Author:

Emergent architectural territories in East Asian cities / Peter G. Rowe ; with drawings by Michael Sypkens.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser ; New York, NY : Distribution, ActarBirkhäuserD, ©2011.

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
"This book maps and describes the large development areas in big cities in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan ... such as CCTV, Lujiazui, Kansai Airport, Xinyi, Taipei 101, Chek Lap Kok, Cheonggyecheon, Roppongi Hills, Da Shanzi, Shahe, Omotesando and Marina Bay"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Territories and turning points -- The two axes of Beijing -- From Puxi to Pudong in Shanghai -- Flying in and out of town -- Reclaiming and remaking territories -- Keeping and re-using -- Streets and fashion on display -- Territories, geographies and discourses -- On representing architectural territories in drawings.

Summary:

"This book maps and describes the large development areas in big cities in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan ... such as CCTV, Lujiazui, Kansai Airport, Xinyi, Taipei 101, Chek Lap Kok, Cheonggyecheon, Roppongi Hills, Da Shanzi, Shahe, Omotesando and Marina Bay"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9783764388157 (pbk.)
3764388153 (pbk.)

Subject:

City planning East Asia.
City planning Singapore.
Architecture East Asia.
Architecture Singapore.
Architecture.
City planning.
East Asia.
Singapore.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273693
Call No.: BIB 207379
Status: Available