Writing In(to) Architecture
China’s Architectural Design and Construction Since 1949
9789881500588
Distributed for Hong Kong University Press
Writing In(to) Architecture
China’s Architectural Design and Construction Since 1949
Using detailed examples from field journals and the mass media, Sylvia Chan traces the evolution of architectural journalism in China from 1949 to the present. She takes us from the propagandistic writings of the Mao era, when the government used architectural journalism to enforce successive waves of politically fashionable architectural principles, to the contemporary “free-for-all” discourse—now stretching into the blogosphere—where politics and nationalism sometimes masquerade as architectural debate. Additionally, Chan identifies important issues that transcend China, weaving in broader insights about the role of the architecture critic in society.
156 pages | illustrations throughout | 12.38 x 7.13

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