Architecture China: Architecture as Infrastructure
Published on 1. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
190 pages
978-1-86470-920-9 (ISBN)
Description
Architecture China focuses on cutting-edge architectural designs with regional characteristics in contemporary China.
This issue, Winter 2020, Architecture as Infrastructure, selects a series of pioneering architectural cases in China elaborating on how a new kind of architectural infrastructure can be formulated. It includes two essays respectively written by Zhang Bin and Tan Zheng, and the built projects of the 11th Horticultural Exposition of Jiangsu Province. Another series of built projects "Toilet Revolution" is also included.
Both the academic writings and architectural practice in this issue reveal the hidden potential of urban infrastructure in the current construction in China.
This issue, Winter 2020, Architecture as Infrastructure, selects a series of pioneering architectural cases in China elaborating on how a new kind of architectural infrastructure can be formulated. It includes two essays respectively written by Zhang Bin and Tan Zheng, and the built projects of the 11th Horticultural Exposition of Jiangsu Province. Another series of built projects "Toilet Revolution" is also included.
Both the academic writings and architectural practice in this issue reveal the hidden potential of urban infrastructure in the current construction in China.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Mulgrave, Victoria
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
202 Illustrations, black and white; 185 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 299 mm
Width: 227 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86470-920-9 (9781864709209)
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Dr. Li Xiangning is Deputy Dean and Full Professor in History, Theory and Criticism at Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a member of CICA (Comite International des Critiques d'Architecture), he has worked as curator for numerous exhibitions and has published widely on contemporary Chinese architecture and urbanism. He is Chief Editor of Architecture China and President of Architecture China Foundation. Furthermore, he has been working with international museums and institutes and he has been a jury member to many international awards and competitions.