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Modernism in late-Mao China : architecture for foreign affairs in Beijing, Guangzhou and overseas, 1969-1976 / Ke Song.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Song, Ke, 1989- author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in architecture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modern movement (Architecture)--China.
- Modern movement (Architecture).
- Architecture and state--China--History--20th century.
- Architecture and state.
- Architecture--Political aspects--China--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 215 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Ke Song is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen. His research is centred on architectural history of modern China with a focus on the period after 1949. He has published papers in prestigious journals, including Architectural Histories, ABE Journal: Architecture beyond Europe, Fabrications and Architectural Journal (Chinese). He has taught both design studios and theory subjects in China and Australia, and has working experience at several architectural design firms, including CPG Corporation (Singapore), Teamminus (Beijing) and Lab Architects (Melbourne). He is now working on several projects of heritage conservation and urban public space in Shenzhen. In 2019, he co-founded Urban Drifting, a not-for-profit platform based in Shenzhen, aiming to promote public awareness about urban history through series of walking tours guided by smart phone application.
- Contents:
- 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.
- 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.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 02, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Song, Ke, 1989- Modernism in late-Mao China
- ISBN:
- 9781003169987
- 1003169988
- 9781000865684
- 1000865681
- 9781000865646
- 1000865649
- Publisher Number:
- 40031721482
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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