On the edge : ten architects from China / edited by Ian Luna with Thomas Tsang ; introduction by Yung Ho Chang.

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On the edge : ten architects from China / edited by Ian Luna with Thomas Tsang ; introduction by Yung Ho Chang.

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Description:

256 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: A very brief history of modernity / Yung Ho Chang -- Essays: History images/ Sue Tsung Leong ; Structural contradictions / Ian Luna -- Tong Ming, TM Studio -- Liu Jiakun, Jiakun Architects -- Xu Tiantian, DNA Beijing -- Yung Ho Chang, Atelier Feichang Jianzhu -- Rocco Yim, Rocco Design -- Ai Weiwei, Fake Design -- Gary Chang, Edge Design Institute -- Ma Qingyun, MADA S.P.A.M. -- Zhaing Lei, Atelier Zhang Lei -- Urbanus.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The People's Republic of China is currently the largest market for architectural services in the world, and its cities - sites of the greatest economic migration in modern history - are rapidly being transformed into rival centers for global trade and commerce. On the Edge: Ten Architects from China is an unprecedented critical anthology on new architecture in China, the first book of its kind devoted to the development and maturation of an indigenous approach to modern architecture." "Focusing on the work of ten young design firms based in Mainland China and Hong Kong, On the Edge documents the rise of a new aesthetic, the evolution of contemporary architectural practice, and the irresistible, global aspirations of an emerging avant-garde."--Jacket.

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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0847828689
9780847828685

Subject:

Architecture China 21st century.
Architects China.
Architecture Chine 21e siècle.
Architectes Chine.
21.62 history of architecture.
Architects.
Architecture.
Buildings.
Bouwkunst.
Architecture China 21st century Designs and plans.
Architectural firms China.
China Buildings, structures, etc.
Chine Constructions.
China.

Added entries:

Luna, Ian.
Tsang, Thomas.
Zhang, Yonghe, 1956-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249867
Call No.: NA1545.6 .O5 2006
Status: Available

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