Bessen Library—Architecture Series—The Beginning of Design

Author: Wang Shu
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: The Architectural Series introduces new architectural trends at home and abroad, discusses contemporary architectural issues, analyzes the representative works of the most vibrant architects from both China and the world from an academic perspective, and promotes architectural culture, urban planning, architectural design, interior design, architectural history, architectural education, and the latest academic achievements. The series is richly illustrated. This issue is titled "The Beginning of Design." Wang Shu, an architect born in the 1960s, whose architectural activities are as contradictory and sensitive as the era in which he was born. In this book, architecture and writing are two forever parallel but not mutually explanatory threads, with all meaning pointing to: how a person achieves self-awareness through some activity of building houses, starting with the self-awareness of the language they speak.