Architecture China: Architecture as Infrastructure
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Architecture China: Architecture as Infrastructure
By (Author) Li Xiangning
By (author) Jiang Jiawei
By (author) Mo Wanli
By (author) Chandranie
By (author) Georgia
By (author) Huang Yuting
By (author) Wen Zengxin
Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd
Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd
1st October 2021
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
720.951
Physical Properties
Paperback
190
Width 230mm, Height 300mm
870g
Description
Architecture China focusses on cutting-edge achitectural 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. AUTHOR: 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 (Comit 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. 185 colour, 202 b/w illustrations
Author Bio
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 (Comit 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.
