History of Modern Chinese Architecture

Author: Zou Derong
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: The author advances the starting point of modern Chinese architecture to the late 1920s, breaking the boundaries between modern and contemporary architectural history. The book focuses on the development of modern Chinese architecture since 1949, narrating until the end of the 20th century in 1999. It cites a vast number of historical archives and formally published documents, with the main objective of reconstructing the authentic history. The book discusses architectural phenomena, events, works, theories, and figures in the development of modern Chinese architecture over more than half a century. Important historical materials are properly sourced, and no unsubstantiated information is referenced. Over 1,000 images and architectural drawings are inserted in the text, most of which are directly provided by the designers and institutions of the architectural works, while the rest are mostly photographs taken by the author during field investigations. The descriptions of the works are mostly provided by the designers and institutions, making them firsthand materials. The book's rich appendices provide readers with reliable supplementary historical materials.