Architectural encounters with essence and form in modern China /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
c2002.
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2001054624.html |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS viii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xii
- TRADITIONALISM VERSUS MODERNISM IN CHINA 2
- FOREIGN INFLUENCES AND THE FIRST GENERATION OF CHINESE ARCHITECTS 24
- FOUR ARCHITECTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARD MODERNIZATION 55
- THE "BIG ROOF" CONTROVERSY 87
- STRUGGLES WITH MODERNISM 107
- THE "CULTURE FEVER" 137
- A COMMODIFICATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION OF ARCHITECTURE 161
- MODERNIZATION IN CHINA 200
- APPENDIX A PROFILES OF SELECTED CHINESE ARCHITECTS AND SCHOOLS 214
- APPENDIX B GLOSSARY OF TERMS 232
- NOTES 249
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 267
- INDEX 268.