Contemporary Architecture in China

Author: Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Architecture and civil engineering have long been central elements in China's external image and national party propaganda. When it comes to technological superiority in Asia, industrialization, aerospace technology, and architecture can even be mentioned in the same breath. The Communist government has understood how to present itself internationally with the help of global media events such as 2008 Summer Olympics or Expo 2010 in Shanghai. One almost has the impression that the People's Republic...Read more