Cole Roskam, Designing Reform: Architecture in the People’s Republic of China, 1970-1992

A political history of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is difficult because it is so close to us, and its dramatic turbulence is still ongoing. An architectural history of the PRC, on the other hand, is challenging because there are no agreed terms and frameworks for describing the architectur...

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מחבר ראשי: Zhu, Jianfei
פורמט: Article ou chapitre numérique
שפה:Anglais
יצא לאור: ABE Journal 2023
גישה מקוונת:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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סיכום:A political history of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is difficult because it is so close to us, and its dramatic turbulence is still ongoing. An architectural history of the PRC, on the other hand, is challenging because there are no agreed terms and frameworks for describing the architecture of a socialist and East-Asian nation. A history that aims to do both — political and architectural — is even more difficult. Cole Roskam’s Designing Reform proposes to achieve exactly such a hist...