Beijing

Name: Beijing
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9788861303027
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The New City

By Claudio Greco and Carlo Santoro

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Beijing offers a fully illustrated, in-depth exploration of China's capital, concentrating on its dramatic urban transformation from 1990 to 2005. As Beijing prepares for the Olympics, the book highlights its efforts to reinvent itself as a global leader through ambitious architectural projects by renowned international architects such as Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Ito, Isozaki, Hadid, and Andreu.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in urban development, contemporary architecture, and the cultural evolution of major global cities, particularly those fascinated by Beijing's rapid modernisation.

Offers an illustrated investigation of the Chinese capital - Beijing - with a focus on the changes in its urban layout between 1990-2005.

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A fully illustrated and in-depth investigation of the Chinese capital with a special focus on the changes in its urban layout within the last two decades (1990-2005). In view of the forthcoming Olympics, Beijing is intent on revitalising its image as the capital of a nation capable of taking a leading role in the world.

Construction is already underway and has been entrusted to the most prestigious architects on the international scene, including Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Ito, Isozaki, Hadid, and Andreu.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9788861303027

Publisher: Skira

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 May 2008

Country: Italy

Imprint: Skira

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 164.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 860g

Pages: 272

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Arts & Culture Carlo Santoro Claudio Greco Non-Fiction

About the Author

Claudio Greco (1955) is Professor of Architecture and Architectural Composition at the Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata." He works as an engineer and architect in the studio he founded in Rome in 1981 and in Beijing in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has conducted research and in-depth studies in Italy and China (the latter since 1994) on various topics, concentrating especially on the relationship between form and construction in architecture and between contemporary architecture and historical contexts as well as on the "masters" of the Italian modern architecture movement. His monograph Pier Luigi Nervi, dai primi brevetti al Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Torino, 1917-1948 (Lucerne: Quart Verlag, 2008) has recently been published. His Le case di terra del Fujian (Rome: Meltemi, 2003) deals with traditional Chinese architecture. He has won a number of competitions and has elaborated numerous architecture projects and commissions for public and private clients.Carlo Santoro (1976) received his Doctorate in "Architecture and Construction" from the Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata." In 2001 he began working as an architectural designer and collaborating with Claudio Greco in Rome. Since 2003 he has been an architect and researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, where he is involved in various design and research programs on urban development.