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Chinese brutalism today : concrete and avant-garde architecture / Alberto Bologna.
Fine Arts Library NA1545.6 .B65 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bologna, Alberto, 1982- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Concrete construction.
- Brutalism (Architecture).
- China.
- Architecture--China.
- Architecture.
- Brutalism (Architecture)--China.
- Concrete construction--China.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 297 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Oro Editions, [2019]
- Summary:
- Chinese Brutalism Today' is divided into three chapters and ends with a methodological afterword that explains the reasons why the research was carried out and the scientific tools used. The first chapter is "Exposed concrete in the design process," the second is "Identity Research: Towards an Ornate Surface" and the third is "Global ambition: towards a polished surface." The narration takes place through a substantial written part accompanied by specific images that facilitate the understanding of the text. Transversally, in the narrative, an interpretation is given to the precise and ambiguous dictates announced in 2017 by President Xi Jinping: to pursue a contemporary architecture made of "international standards with Chinese characteristics."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9781943532384
- 1943532389
- OCLC:
- 1098840297
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