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  • Constructing a Place of Critical Architecture in China

    Intermediate Criticality in the Journal Time + Architecture

    by Guanghui Ding ...
    For the past 30 years, The Chinese journal Time + Architecture (Shidai Jianzhu) has focused on publishing innovative and exploratory work by emerging architects based in private design firms who were committed to new material, theoretical and pedagogical practices. In doing so, this book argues that the journal has engaged in the presentation and production of a particular form of critical ... Read more

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  • Chinese Cities as Pedagogy

    Interdisciplinary Teaching Practice

    Series series Education (R0)
    The book introduces innovative teaching practices and methods with a critical focus on understanding and interpreting Chinese cities as a rich context. It highlights the advantages of interdisciplinary teaching in creating new learning experiences for students. Additionally, the book provides thorough mapping of the applied methods across disciplines and offers deeper reflections on the emerging ... Read more

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  • A History of Design Institutes in China

    From Mao to Market

    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    A History of Design Institutes in China examines the intricate relationship between design institutes, the state, and, in later periods, the market economy through a carefully situated discussion of significant theoretical and historical issues including socialist utopia, collective and individual design, structural transformation, and architectural exportation, amongst others. It shows how, over ... Read more

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  • Exporting Chinese Architecture

    History, Issues and “One Belt One Road”

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book studies the unexplored history of China-aided architecture erected in the developing world since the 1950s. By 2019, over 1,000 buildings had been delivered to more than 160 countries, including parliament houses, convention centers, stadiums, gymnasiums, theaters, schools, hospitals, libraries, railways, and stations. These projects, which have played a significant role in promoting ... Read more

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