Urban Criticism · Shanghai Volume

Author: Ge Hongbing
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Haipai cultural figures and architectural experts review one or a series of buildings from a cultural perspective with a critical eye; whether urban development must come at the cost of tearing history and cutting off cultural traditions? From their writings, one can clearly see the tremendous changes in Shanghai over the past decade. Architecture is frozen music, architecture is frozen history. People's appreciation and aesthetic ability for architecture is a high-level reflection of their cultural quality. When people see the new face of Greater Shanghai and are moved by the grandeur of its large buildings, they should also be able to sense its essence and view its harmony with the surrounding environment from a macro perspective. Haipai cultural figures and architectural experts review one or a series of buildings from a cultural perspective with a critical eye; whether urban development must come at the cost of tearing history and cutting off cultural traditions? From their writings, one can clearly see the tremendous changes in Shanghai over the past decade.