000			01290nam a2200157Ia 4500
020			_a0415457815
082			_a720.951 _bZHU
100			_aZhu, Jianfei
245			_aArchitecture of modern China : a historical critique
260			_aLondon & New York _bRoutledge _c2009
300			_axvi,316,ip.
500			_aCONTENTS Credits for texts ix Illustration credits xi Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1 MODERN CHINESE ARCHITECTURE A social, historical and formal analysis Form 2 PERSPECTIVE AS SYMBOLIC FORM Beijing, 1729-35 11 For the Nation 3 THE ARCHITECT AND A NATIONALIST PROJECT Nanjing, 1925-37 41 4 A SPATIAL REVOLUTION Beijing, 1949-59 75 Transition 5 THE 1980s AND 1990s Liberalization 105 Criticalities 6 CRITICALITY IN BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WEST, 1996-2004 129 Comments from G. Baird, Y H. Chang, P. Eisenman, L Liu, M. Speaks and other Architects/Critics; A Conversation 146 7 A GLOBAL SITE AND A DIFFERENT CRITICALITY 169 In the World 8 BEIJING, 2008 A history 199 Formlessness 9 GEOMETRIES OF LIFE AND FORMLESSNESS A Chinese urban tradition In Hindsight 215 10 TWENTY PLATEAUS, 1910s-2010s 231 Notes 245 Glossary of Chinese expressions 271 Bibliography 273 Index 291
890			_aUnited Kingdom
891			_aSchool of Architecture, CEPT Uni.
999			_c1895 _d1895