Architectural Design and Styles (Series on Architectural Design Concepts and Techniques)

Author: Zheng Dongjun
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Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book provides a systematic summary of representative and influential architectural schools that have emerged since the emergence and development of modern architecture in the early 20th century, focusing on the elaboration of the design philosophies and artistic techniques of different schools. The content includes the history and development of architectural schools and modernist architecture, primarily covering Constructivism, Functionalism, International Style, Organic Architecture, Miesian Style, Futurist Architecture, Brutalism, Symbolism, Neoclassicism, High Modernism, Postmodernism, Deconstructivism, New Classicalism, New Rationalism, New Regionalism, and New Modernist Architecture. Finally, combining the practical aspects of contemporary Chinese architectural creation, it analyzes contemporary Chinese architectural creation from three perspectives: inheritance, transformation, and innovation of traditional architecture.