Main entry:

Hassenpflug, Dieter, 1946-

Title & Author:

The urban code of China / Dieter Hassenpflug ; [translation from German into English, Mark Kammerbauer].

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, ©2010.

Description:

175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Added t.p. title in Chinese.
"This book was originally published in a German edition (Der urbane Code Chinas) as volume 142 of the series Bauwelt Fundamente"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-175).
How to read a city? -- Transformations of empty urban space : Pajamas and clotheslines ; Open and public urban places ; Rocks and plants -- Swinging lines and dancing dots -- Closed urban space : Closed neighborhoods ; Introverted neighborhood courtyards ; Roof and light sculpture ; Branding compound lifestyles ; Orient meets occident: hybrid urban quarters -- Open urban space : Linear centrality or the magic of the Golden Corridor ; Open neighborhood spaces ; Mediapolis ; Postmodern eclecticism in urban planning and design -- Urban fictions : Shanghai's new satellite cities ; Straight out of Germany: Anting New Town ; European travesties of the Chinese city ; Holland Village in Shenyang: an urban parody ; View from the Eiffel Tower towards Angkor Wat -- The compact city : Great street, vertical block ; Shenzhen's urban villages ; The big city ; River jumping ; Hyper-growth -- The Chinese city as a semiotic system -- Summary.
Translation from German into English, Mark Kammerbauer.

Summary:

In his architectural and urban field study, Dieter Hassenpflug embarks on a journey through the boom towns of China in order to venture to the very 'heart' of the Chinese city. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [Frankfurt/Main] --Book Jacket.

ISBN:

9783034605724 (pbk.)
3034605722 (pbk.)

Subject:

City planning China.
Cities and towns China.
Urbanization China.
Architecture China History 21st century.
National characteristics, Chinese.
Villes Chine.
Urbanisation Chine.
Architecture Chine Histoire 21e siècle.
Chinois.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Städtebau
Stadtentwicklung
Architektur
Städer Kina.
Stadsplanering Kina.
Urbanisering Kina.
Arkitektur Kina 2000-talet.
China.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Cheng shi

Holdings:

Location: Library main 270481
Call No.: BIB 203239
Status: Available