6640 Results
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$31.50
(available to order)
Summary:
An investigation into Shanghai’s rise from peripheral port to urban center. Even before the romanticized golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. During the period between the decline of Jiangnan(...)
$31.50
(available to order)
Summary:
An investigation into Shanghai’s rise from peripheral port to urban center. Even before the romanticized golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. During the period between the decline of Jiangnan(...)
Title:
Shanghai and the edges of empires
Actions:
Price:
$31.50
(available to order)
Summary:
An investigation into Shanghai’s rise from peripheral port to urban center. Even before the romanticized golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. During the period between the decline of Jiangnan cities such as Suzhou and Yangzhou and Shanghai’s early twentieth-century rise, the overlapping cultural edges of a failing Chinese royal order and the encroachment of Western imperialists converged. Simultaneously appropriating and resisting imposing forces, Shanghai opened itself to unruly, subversive practices, becoming a crucible of creativity and modernism. Calling into question conventional ways of conceptualizing modernity, colonialism, and intercultural relations, Meng Yue examines such cultural practices as the work of the commercial press, street theater, and literary arts, and shows that what appear to be minor cultural changes often signal the presence of larger political and economic developments. Engaging theories of modernity and postcolonial and global cultural studies, Meng Yue reveals the paradoxical interdependence between imperial and imperialist histories and the retranslation of culture that characterized the most notable result of China’s urban relocation—the emergence of the international city of Shanghai.
Shanghai and the edges of empires
Actions:
Price:
$31.50
(available to order)
Summary:
An investigation into Shanghai’s rise from peripheral port to urban center. Even before the romanticized golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. Meng Yue analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from China’s heartland to its shore. During the period between the decline of Jiangnan cities such as Suzhou and Yangzhou and Shanghai’s early twentieth-century rise, the overlapping cultural edges of a failing Chinese royal order and the encroachment of Western imperialists converged. Simultaneously appropriating and resisting imposing forces, Shanghai opened itself to unruly, subversive practices, becoming a crucible of creativity and modernism. Calling into question conventional ways of conceptualizing modernity, colonialism, and intercultural relations, Meng Yue examines such cultural practices as the work of the commercial press, street theater, and literary arts, and shows that what appear to be minor cultural changes often signal the presence of larger political and economic developments. Engaging theories of modernity and postcolonial and global cultural studies, Meng Yue reveals the paradoxical interdependence between imperial and imperialist histories and the retranslation of culture that characterized the most notable result of China’s urban relocation—the emergence of the international city of Shanghai.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
January 2006, Minneapolis
January 2006, Minneapolis
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Price:
$58.50
(available to order)
Summary:
HK Lab 2 picks up where HK Lab left off, and extends it. It brings together artists projects and a number of theoretical and critical viewpoints on Hong Kong interior spaces. The changing nature of urban experience and inhabitation calls for new critical paradigms and interdisciplinary approaches. It is perhaps time to move on and explore the concept of the city and(...)
$58.50
(available to order)
Summary:
HK Lab 2 picks up where HK Lab left off, and extends it. It brings together artists projects and a number of theoretical and critical viewpoints on Hong Kong interior spaces. The changing nature of urban experience and inhabitation calls for new critical paradigms and interdisciplinary approaches. It is perhaps time to move on and explore the concept of the city and(...)
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Publication:
April 2005, Hong Kong
April 2005, Hong Kong
Title:
HK Lab 2
Actions:
Price:
$58.50
(available to order)
Summary:
HK Lab 2 picks up where HK Lab left off, and extends it. It brings together artists projects and a number of theoretical and critical viewpoints on Hong Kong interior spaces. The changing nature of urban experience and inhabitation calls for new critical paradigms and interdisciplinary approaches. It is perhaps time to move on and explore the concept of the city and its urban practices, not from visual, panoptic constructions, but from opaque, poetic, lived and embodied experiences of the city.
HK Lab 2
Actions:
Price:
$58.50
(available to order)
Summary:
HK Lab 2 picks up where HK Lab left off, and extends it. It brings together artists projects and a number of theoretical and critical viewpoints on Hong Kong interior spaces. The changing nature of urban experience and inhabitation calls for new critical paradigms and interdisciplinary approaches. It is perhaps time to move on and explore the concept of the city and its urban practices, not from visual, panoptic constructions, but from opaque, poetic, lived and embodied experiences of the city.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
April 2005, Hong Kong
April 2005, Hong Kong
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Price:
$44.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Five-foot ways, or 'kaki-lima,' are a prominent feature of historical urban centers in tropical Southeast Asian cities. In the hot and humid urban center, these colonnades along the rows of commercial shophouses provide comfortable pedestrian walkways. It is frequently considered not only as a pathway but also as a space for transit activities in Malaysian urban settings.(...)
$44.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Five-foot ways, or 'kaki-lima,' are a prominent feature of historical urban centers in tropical Southeast Asian cities. In the hot and humid urban center, these colonnades along the rows of commercial shophouses provide comfortable pedestrian walkways. It is frequently considered not only as a pathway but also as a space for transit activities in Malaysian urban settings.(...)
Title:
Kaki Lima Stories: Life in the five-foot ways of Downtown Kuala Lumpur
Actions:
Price:
$44.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Five-foot ways, or 'kaki-lima,' are a prominent feature of historical urban centers in tropical Southeast Asian cities. In the hot and humid urban center, these colonnades along the rows of commercial shophouses provide comfortable pedestrian walkways. It is frequently considered not only as a pathway but also as a space for transit activities in Malaysian urban settings. The book delves into the richness, diversity, and beauty of life along Kuala Lumpur's five-footway.
Kaki Lima Stories: Life in the five-foot ways of Downtown Kuala Lumpur
Actions:
Price:
$44.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Five-foot ways, or 'kaki-lima,' are a prominent feature of historical urban centers in tropical Southeast Asian cities. In the hot and humid urban center, these colonnades along the rows of commercial shophouses provide comfortable pedestrian walkways. It is frequently considered not only as a pathway but also as a space for transit activities in Malaysian urban settings. The book delves into the richness, diversity, and beauty of life along Kuala Lumpur's five-footway.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
August 2023
August 2023
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Title:
Design city Tokyo
Design city Tokyo
Actions:
Price:
$85.99
(available to order)
Summary:
As part of the second wave of books for the Interior Angles series by John Wiley, "Tokyo Style" covers brand new stylish interior design projects in Tokyo – from restaurants and bars, and hair and beauty salons to relaxation rooms and residential spaces – all completed within the last three years.
$85.99
(available to order)
Summary:
As part of the second wave of books for the Interior Angles series by John Wiley, "Tokyo Style" covers brand new stylish interior design projects in Tokyo – from restaurants and bars, and hair and beauty salons to relaxation rooms and residential spaces – all completed within the last three years.
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Publication:
November 2004, Chicester
November 2004, Chicester
Title:
Design city Tokyo
Actions:
Price:
$85.99
(available to order)
Summary:
As part of the second wave of books for the Interior Angles series by John Wiley, "Tokyo Style" covers brand new stylish interior design projects in Tokyo – from restaurants and bars, and hair and beauty salons to relaxation rooms and residential spaces – all completed within the last three years.
Design city Tokyo
Actions:
Price:
$85.99
(available to order)
Summary:
As part of the second wave of books for the Interior Angles series by John Wiley, "Tokyo Style" covers brand new stylish interior design projects in Tokyo – from restaurants and bars, and hair and beauty salons to relaxation rooms and residential spaces – all completed within the last three years.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2004, Chicester
November 2004, Chicester
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$32.50
(available to order)
Summary:
The architectural map of Tokyo has been revised after nine years. The architectural map of Tokyo, part 2 introduces 404 works that have been built between the late 1990s and 2003.
$32.50
(available to order)
Summary:
The architectural map of Tokyo has been revised after nine years. The architectural map of Tokyo, part 2 introduces 404 works that have been built between the late 1990s and 2003.
Title:
The architectural map of Tokyo, part 2
Actions:
Price:
$32.50
(available to order)
Summary:
The architectural map of Tokyo has been revised after nine years. The architectural map of Tokyo, part 2 introduces 404 works that have been built between the late 1990s and 2003.
The architectural map of Tokyo, part 2
Actions:
Price:
$32.50
(available to order)
Summary:
The architectural map of Tokyo has been revised after nine years. The architectural map of Tokyo, part 2 introduces 404 works that have been built between the late 1990s and 2003.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2003, Tokyo
November 2003, Tokyo
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Title:
Big Bang Beijing
Big Bang Beijing
Actions:
Price:
$58.95
(available to order)
Summary:
The urban landscape in Beijing is changing in a dramatic and mind boggling tempo; an urban condition may cease to exist one day only to be replaced by another completely different one in a short matter of time. This study presents a selection of categorized images, in order to tell a story about Beijing – a story about the mutation of different styles. Filled(...)
$58.95
(available to order)
Summary:
The urban landscape in Beijing is changing in a dramatic and mind boggling tempo; an urban condition may cease to exist one day only to be replaced by another completely different one in a short matter of time. This study presents a selection of categorized images, in order to tell a story about Beijing – a story about the mutation of different styles. Filled(...)
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Publication:
December 2007, Tokyo
December 2007, Tokyo
Title:
Big Bang Beijing
Actions:
Price:
$58.95
(available to order)
Summary:
The urban landscape in Beijing is changing in a dramatic and mind boggling tempo; an urban condition may cease to exist one day only to be replaced by another completely different one in a short matter of time. This study presents a selection of categorized images, in order to tell a story about Beijing – a story about the mutation of different styles. Filled predominantly with coloured photographs, the book also includes short essays and contributions from various contributors including; Hiromasa Shirai, André Schmidt, Charles Berman and Rem Koolhaas.
Big Bang Beijing
Actions:
Price:
$58.95
(available to order)
Summary:
The urban landscape in Beijing is changing in a dramatic and mind boggling tempo; an urban condition may cease to exist one day only to be replaced by another completely different one in a short matter of time. This study presents a selection of categorized images, in order to tell a story about Beijing – a story about the mutation of different styles. Filled predominantly with coloured photographs, the book also includes short essays and contributions from various contributors including; Hiromasa Shirai, André Schmidt, Charles Berman and Rem Koolhaas.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
December 2007, Tokyo
December 2007, Tokyo
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$62.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Among the works collected in this book, many are designs of excellent young and middle-aged architects, whose names perhaps the world has yet to be acquainted with. Here, we hope that this book could serve as an opportunity for people to come to understand their works and thoughts. And I also hope that they can create more and better works in the future.
$62.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Among the works collected in this book, many are designs of excellent young and middle-aged architects, whose names perhaps the world has yet to be acquainted with. Here, we hope that this book could serve as an opportunity for people to come to understand their works and thoughts. And I also hope that they can create more and better works in the future.
Title:
Tjad Tonngji University 1998-2007
Actions:
Price:
$62.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Among the works collected in this book, many are designs of excellent young and middle-aged architects, whose names perhaps the world has yet to be acquainted with. Here, we hope that this book could serve as an opportunity for people to come to understand their works and thoughts. And I also hope that they can create more and better works in the future.
Tjad Tonngji University 1998-2007
Actions:
Price:
$62.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Among the works collected in this book, many are designs of excellent young and middle-aged architects, whose names perhaps the world has yet to be acquainted with. Here, we hope that this book could serve as an opportunity for people to come to understand their works and thoughts. And I also hope that they can create more and better works in the future.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
October 2007, Shangai
October 2007, Shangai
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$56.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Les études réunies ici témoignent d'une commune passion pour la maison – traditionnelle ou très contemporaine –, la ville et l'espace japonais, visités par la plume des deux auteurs. Ils sont pour l'un géographe – Jacques Pezeu-Massabuau –, pour l'autre architecte et anthropologue – Philippe Bonnin. Chacun, de son côté, a poursuivi un travail obstiné d'observation, de(...)
$56.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Les études réunies ici témoignent d'une commune passion pour la maison – traditionnelle ou très contemporaine –, la ville et l'espace japonais, visités par la plume des deux auteurs. Ils sont pour l'un géographe – Jacques Pezeu-Massabuau –, pour l'autre architecte et anthropologue – Philippe Bonnin. Chacun, de son côté, a poursuivi un travail obstiné d'observation, de(...)
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Publication:
August 2017
August 2017
Title:
Façons d'habiter au Japon - Maisons, villes et seuils
Actions:
Price:
$56.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Les études réunies ici témoignent d'une commune passion pour la maison – traditionnelle ou très contemporaine –, la ville et l'espace japonais, visités par la plume des deux auteurs. Ils sont pour l'un géographe – Jacques Pezeu-Massabuau –, pour l'autre architecte et anthropologue – Philippe Bonnin. Chacun, de son côté, a poursuivi un travail obstiné d'observation, de description, de dévoilement, d'analyse approfondie de la réalité de cette habitation japonaise, de son esthétique, des gestes, des paroles qui l'entourent. Réunir ces textes devenait un impératif pour confronter leurs approches complémentaires et décoder cette culture japonaise si passionnante.
Façons d'habiter au Japon - Maisons, villes et seuils
Actions:
Price:
$56.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Les études réunies ici témoignent d'une commune passion pour la maison – traditionnelle ou très contemporaine –, la ville et l'espace japonais, visités par la plume des deux auteurs. Ils sont pour l'un géographe – Jacques Pezeu-Massabuau –, pour l'autre architecte et anthropologue – Philippe Bonnin. Chacun, de son côté, a poursuivi un travail obstiné d'observation, de description, de dévoilement, d'analyse approfondie de la réalité de cette habitation japonaise, de son esthétique, des gestes, des paroles qui l'entourent. Réunir ces textes devenait un impératif pour confronter leurs approches complémentaires et décoder cette culture japonaise si passionnante.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
August 2017
August 2017
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$12.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes "Borrowed Spaces", a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls and neon signs: these are just some(...)
$12.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes "Borrowed Spaces", a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls and neon signs: these are just some(...)
Title:
Borrowed spaces: life between the cracks of modern kong Kong
Actions:
Price:
$12.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes "Borrowed Spaces", a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls and neon signs: these are just some of the Hong Kong icons that are casualties in the struggle to reclaim public spaces. Christopher DeWolf explores the history of Hong Kong’s urban growth through the daily tug of war between the people’s needs to express themselves and government regulations.
Borrowed spaces: life between the cracks of modern kong Kong
Actions:
Price:
$12.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes "Borrowed Spaces", a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls and neon signs: these are just some of the Hong Kong icons that are casualties in the struggle to reclaim public spaces. Christopher DeWolf explores the history of Hong Kong’s urban growth through the daily tug of war between the people’s needs to express themselves and government regulations.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
July 2017
July 2017
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$54.95
(available to order)
Summary:
High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories, and mines. In growth centers like the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, 40 million people have already set out from the underdeveloped provinces to earn their living there. The(...)
$54.95
(available to order)
Summary:
High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories, and mines. In growth centers like the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, 40 million people have already set out from the underdeveloped provinces to earn their living there. The(...)
Title:
From somewhere to nowhere: China's internal migrants
Actions:
Price:
$54.95
(available to order)
Summary:
High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories, and mines. In growth centers like the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, 40 million people have already set out from the underdeveloped provinces to earn their living there. The photographer Andreas Seibert accompanied the workers repeatedly in order to document their everyday lives and their journey to the high-population centers. Their stories are told in a collection of striking photographs that provide a close-up portrait to complement the current discussion of economic growth in China. Accompanying the photographs are texts by two Chinese authors, who researched the social and economic background of the phenomenon and provide a direct look. With its combination of text and images, this volume conveys a unique impression of the scale of this modern migration of peoples.
From somewhere to nowhere: China's internal migrants
Actions:
Price:
$54.95
(available to order)
Summary:
High-population centers of enormous size are springing up in China with dizzying speed. With them comes an increased demand for migrant workers in the construction sector, factories, and mines. In growth centers like the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, 40 million people have already set out from the underdeveloped provinces to earn their living there. The photographer Andreas Seibert accompanied the workers repeatedly in order to document their everyday lives and their journey to the high-population centers. Their stories are told in a collection of striking photographs that provide a close-up portrait to complement the current discussion of economic growth in China. Accompanying the photographs are texts by two Chinese authors, who researched the social and economic background of the phenomenon and provide a direct look. With its combination of text and images, this volume conveys a unique impression of the scale of this modern migration of peoples.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
September 2008, Baden
September 2008, Baden
Subject:
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
