Three Cities Chronicle: American Cities Through the Eyes of an Architect

Author: Liang Xue
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The author uses his own eyes as a, guiding readers through the streets, squares, and famous buildings of three major U.S. cities: Chicago, New York, and Washington. From the perspective of a professional researcher, he comments on the architecture and planning of these three cities, telling the story of urban development, planning concepts, and the stories behind buildings. The book covers topics such as iconic architecture, urban planning, historical building preservation, and even community planning and residential interior design. Through on-site investigations in the U.S. over more than a year, especially discussions with professors and graduate students from other disciplines, the author found that architectural and urban planning knowledge are treated as fundamental literacy here. In other words, general university graduates and graduate students may not be able to draw sketches but still have their own understanding and perspectives on urban and architectural issues. Although strict urban regulations and highly qualified professionals and administrators are necessary conditions for building a good city, public understanding and participation can turn a good plan into reality and consciously protect and continue it, thus avoiding the fate of "planning planning, hanging on the wall." A field notes of a professional architect and researcher. The author uses his own eyes as a, guiding readers through the streets, squares, and famous buildings of three major U.S. cities—Chicago, New York, and Washington—to comment on the architecture and planning of these three cities, telling the story of urban development, planning concepts, and the stories behind buildings. Most of the images in the book were taken and drawn by the author himself.