Shanghai: art of the city
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For more than a century and a half artists have been both documenting on Shanghai's great changes. Timed to coincide with the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 (and a city-wide Shanghai Celebration in San Francisco, its sister city), Shanghai catalogs the first exhibition to explore one of China's most cosmopolitan cities. A case study in cultural globalization, the book(...)
Shanghai: art of the city
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For more than a century and a half artists have been both documenting on Shanghai's great changes. Timed to coincide with the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 (and a city-wide Shanghai Celebration in San Francisco, its sister city), Shanghai catalogs the first exhibition to explore one of China's most cosmopolitan cities. A case study in cultural globalization, the book traces, through its art, factors behind the city's distinctive character. This book features 128 oil paintings, Shanghai deco furniture and rugs, revolutionary posters, works of fashion, movie clips and contemporary installations.
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Nathan Road
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Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Running in a south-north direction from Tsim Sha Tsui to Mong Kok district, the road is lined with a dense amalgamation of landmark buildings, shops, advertising, restaurants and transport exchange points. Presented as an accordion foldout, Kenneth Lo’s photographic project captures both sides of the road.
Nathan Road
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Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Running in a south-north direction from Tsim Sha Tsui to Mong Kok district, the road is lined with a dense amalgamation of landmark buildings, shops, advertising, restaurants and transport exchange points. Presented as an accordion foldout, Kenneth Lo’s photographic project captures both sides of the road.
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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A publication prompted by China’s present state of mass demolition and speedy architectural production. The voices of 50 local and foreign architects who live and work in Shanghai are collected here as they engage in conversations about their lives, their projects, their views and their vision of the city and its architecture. Contributors include: Ralph Lerner, Kengo(...)
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April 2010
Persistence of vision : Shanghai architects in dialogue
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A publication prompted by China’s present state of mass demolition and speedy architectural production. The voices of 50 local and foreign architects who live and work in Shanghai are collected here as they engage in conversations about their lives, their projects, their views and their vision of the city and its architecture. Contributors include: Ralph Lerner, Kengo Kuma, Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu. Publication in English/Chinese
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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Each year more than 15 million Chinese leave the country's rural areas and move to the cities. This book documents and analyses the meteoric rate of urbanization of the countryside around Shanghai, most particularly the part played there by ‘new towns’ and ‘new villages’. Some pilot new towns have been developed with the help of Western designers, and adapted to suit(...)
Contemporary Asian Architecture
September 2010
Shanghai new towns: searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis
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Each year more than 15 million Chinese leave the country's rural areas and move to the cities. This book documents and analyses the meteoric rate of urbanization of the countryside around Shanghai, most particularly the part played there by ‘new towns’ and ‘new villages’. Some pilot new towns have been developed with the help of Western designers, and adapted to suit Chinese standards.
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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Dana Buntrock examines how tradition is incorporated into contemporary Japanese architecture. Looking at the work of five architects -- Fumihiko Maki, Terunobu Fujimori, Ryoji Suzuki, Kengo Kuma, and Jun Aoki -- Buntrock reveals the aims influencing many works barely known in the West.
Materials and meaning in contemporary Japanese architecture
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Dana Buntrock examines how tradition is incorporated into contemporary Japanese architecture. Looking at the work of five architects -- Fumihiko Maki, Terunobu Fujimori, Ryoji Suzuki, Kengo Kuma, and Jun Aoki -- Buntrock reveals the aims influencing many works barely known in the West.
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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Hong Kong Inside Outside combines two major series of Wolf's work. For the first, Wolf has removed any trace of the horizon from the frame, capturing the relentless abstraction of the city’s residential high-rises while exploring the spatial experience of its inhabitants. For the second series, Wolf has juxtaposed the anonymity of these exteriors with interior portraits(...)
May 2010
Michael Wolf: Hong Kong inside outside
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Hong Kong Inside Outside combines two major series of Wolf's work. For the first, Wolf has removed any trace of the horizon from the frame, capturing the relentless abstraction of the city’s residential high-rises while exploring the spatial experience of its inhabitants. For the second series, Wolf has juxtaposed the anonymity of these exteriors with interior portraits of 100 individuals and families surrounded by all of their belongings in identical public housing spaces that measure 100 square feet. This study forms in part a typology that allows the viewer to study how individuals make the confined spaces their own.
The urban code of China
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To the Western visitor, China appears as an overwhelmingly mysterious realm of urban signs. In his architectural and urban field study, the author of this publication embarks on a journey through the boom towns of China in order to venture to the very heart of the Chinese city.
September 2010
The urban code of China
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To the Western visitor, China appears as an overwhelmingly mysterious realm of urban signs. In his architectural and urban field study, the author of this publication embarks on a journey through the boom towns of China in order to venture to the very heart of the Chinese city.
La commune de Shanghai
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Février 1967, la Révolution culturelle est à son point d’incandescence. Shanghai bouillonne. Un groupe d’ouvriers et d’étudiants rebelles, d’abord minoritaire mais bien décidé, va réussir l’impossible : se débarrasser du vieux parti communiste local et de la municipalité somnolente, et prendre le pouvoir dans la ville. Se réclamant explicitement de la Commune de Paris,(...)
October 2014
La commune de Shanghai
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Février 1967, la Révolution culturelle est à son point d’incandescence. Shanghai bouillonne. Un groupe d’ouvriers et d’étudiants rebelles, d’abord minoritaire mais bien décidé, va réussir l’impossible : se débarrasser du vieux parti communiste local et de la municipalité somnolente, et prendre le pouvoir dans la ville. Se réclamant explicitement de la Commune de Paris, ils créent un organisme nouveau, la Commune de Shanghai. Les ouvriers et les étudiants sont maîtres de la plus grande ville industrielle de Chine. Le livre retrace presque jour par jour cette aventure unique : la montée de la révolte, les luttes internes, la résistance féroce de ceux qui s’accrochent au pouvoir en s’appuyant sur l’armée, la victoire de la Commune – et puis le recul sur ordre de Mao qui craint lui-même que l’armée le lâche. La Commune de Shanghai, qui devient Comité révolutionnaire, aura duré moins longtemps que la Commune de Paris.
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This publication covers the most innovative and inspired small houses in Japan and is split into two volumes: city and country. Featuring a total of more than 25 small-scale domestic projects categorised based on location, together the volumes form an intriguing report on how predominantly young Japanese architects approach challenging contexts and highly restricted urban(...)
Small house in Japan - city, country (2 volumes boxed)
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This publication covers the most innovative and inspired small houses in Japan and is split into two volumes: city and country. Featuring a total of more than 25 small-scale domestic projects categorised based on location, together the volumes form an intriguing report on how predominantly young Japanese architects approach challenging contexts and highly restricted urban sites. Beautifully photographed and presented with detailed drawings, project information and insights by the individual architects, the selected domiciles are a testament to Japanese design talent when striving for maximum yield through minimal means in high-density or natural surroundings.
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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Although Japanese architects have to contend with very particular constraints, from tiny plots in crowded urban contexts to ever-present seismic threats, their innovative solutions to the creation of space and stable structures, combined with their close attention to materials, technology and natural light, have resulted in homes that are internationally admired. This(...)
The Japanese house reinvented
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Although Japanese architects have to contend with very particular constraints, from tiny plots in crowded urban contexts to ever-present seismic threats, their innovative solutions to the creation of space and stable structures, combined with their close attention to materials, technology and natural light, have resulted in homes that are internationally admired. This overview of fifty recently built Japanese houses includes projects by three Pritzker Prize-winners— Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima—as well as by lesser-known emerging architects. Each house is clearly illustrated with colour photographs and plans, and is lucidly described by Philip Jodidio, who has travelled extensively around Japan and is deeply familiar with these projects and their creators. His book is a demonstration of Japan’s enduring commitment to design innovation.
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