Original copies: architectural mimicry in contemporary China/

Main Author: Bosker, Bianca
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, c2013
Series:Spatial habitus
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Into "the land of courtly enjoyments" : an introduction to China's architectural mimicry.
  • The fascination with faux : philosophical and theoretical drivers of architectural reproduction in China.
  • Manifestations of westernization : the anatomy of China's simulacrascapes.
  • Simulacra and the Sino-psyche : understanding the Chinese motivation for replicating the alien.
  • Residential revolution : inside the twenty-first century Chinese dream.