Architectural encounters with essence and form in modern China [electronic resource] / Peter G. Rowe and Seng Kuan

Author	Rowe, Peter G
Title	Architectural encounters with essence and form in modern China [electronic resource] / Peter G. Rowe and Seng Kuan
Imprint	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002
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Descript	287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Traditionalism versus modernism in China -- Foreign influences and the first generation of Chinese architects -- Four architectural attitudes toward modernization -- The "big roof" controversy -- Struggles with modernism -- The "culture fever" -- A commodification and internationalization of architecture -- Modernization in China

Architecture -- China -- 20th century Architecture -- Europe -- Influence Electronic books.