Urban Critique (Shanghai Edition)

Author: Ge Hongbing, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Famous figures of Haipai culture and architectural experts, who select one or a group of buildings from a cultural perspective, critique them with a critical eye; whether urban development must come at the cost of tearing history and severing 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 are the high-level embodiment 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, viewing it with a panoramic perspective to understand its harmony with the surrounding environment. Famous figures of Haipai culture and architectural experts, who select one or a group of buildings from a cultural perspective, critique them with a critical eye; whether urban development must come at the cost of tearing history and severing cultural traditions? From their writings, one can clearly see the tremendous changes in Shanghai over the past decade.