Main entry:

Song, Ke, 1989- author.

Title & Author:

Modernism in late-Mao China : architecture for foreign affairs in Beijing, Guangzhou and overseas, 1969-1976 / Ke Song.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
©2023

Description:

xviii, 215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Routledge research in architecture

Notes:
Largely based on the author's thesis (PhD)--University of Melbourne, 2017, under the title: Modernism in late-Mao China : a critical analysis on state-sponsored buildings in Beijing, Guangzhou and overseas, 1969-1976.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rethinking Modernism: Form, Knowledge and Politics -- Political Ideology and Architectural Discourse in Mao's China -- Chinese Modernism in the 1950s and the 1960s -- Diplomatic Buildings in the 1970s Beijing -- Foreign Trade Buildings in the 1970s Guangzhou -- China's Foreign Aid Architecture, 1964-1976.

Summary:

"This book investigates the architectural history of China in the Mao era (1949-1976), focusing on the rise of modernism in the last seven years of the Cultural Revolution from 1969 to 1976. It highlights the new architecture of this period, exemplified by three clusters of buildings for foreign affairs, namely, buildings for foreign diplomacy in Beijing, buildings for foreign trade in Guangzhou and China's foreign aid projects overseas. The emergence of new architecture in the early 1970s is closely associated with China's political and diplomatic shift of the time, from a radical emphasis on ideological struggle to a dynamic balance between leftist ideology and pragmatic concerns. In this context, China's relations with the West quickly improved, culminating at American president Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972. The increasing foreign affairs brought new opportunities to Chinese architects who referenced both Western modernism and Chinese architectural traditions to create a new version of Chinese modernism. The book brings dimensions of form, politics and knowledge to the analysis of architecture, to construct an understanding of architectural design as an aesthetic, political and intellectual practice. It will be an enriching and useful reference for students and scholars who are interested in global architectural history of the twentieth century, especially Cold War modernism"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780367771454 hardcover
0367771454 hardcover
9780367771478 paperback
0367771470 paperback
electronic book
9781003169987
9781000865684
9781000865646

Subject:

Modern movement (Architecture) China.
Architecture and state China History 20th century.
Architecture Political aspects China History 20th century.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Chine.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Aspect politique Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture and state
Architecture Political aspects
Modern movement (Architecture)
China

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Routledge research in architecture.

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