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The oversized volume "China" is sheer beauty from cover to cover, with 238 magnificent photos depicting sites obscure and well-known across the vast, ancient country.

We see scenes from such popular tourist sites as the Forbidden City, the terra-cotta soldiers of the Emperor Qin and the Great Wall. But we also get to see the lakes of Huanglong Valley, the Yungang Grottoes, vast gardens and the spectacular countryside; the imperial palace; the earthen houses of Fujian province; the skylines of China's thriving and modern cities, mountainside temples rising through the mist and much more.

The oversized volume "China" is sheer beauty from cover to cover, with 238 magnificent photos depicting sites obscure and well-known across the vast, ancient country.

We see scenes from such popular tourist sites as the Forbidden City, the terra-cotta soldiers of the Emperor Qin and the Great Wall. But we also get to see the lakes of Huanglong Valley, the Yungang Grottoes, vast gardens and the spectacular countryside; the imperial palace; the earthen houses of Fujian province; the skylines of China's thriving and modern cities, mountainside temples rising through the mist and much more.

16 restaurants are showcased to reflect the changing trends in Chinese design and architecture.

With photographer Michael Freeman and author Sharon Leece, visit formal, more traditional metropolitan apartments featuring priceless antique furniture, see examples of Shanghai Art Deco and the unique Peranakan shop house, as well as modern manifestations of China Style-clubs sumptuously furnished with glittering fabrics and Chinese design motifs, minimalist glass houses, restaurants with a cultural-revolution flair, the China doll interior, and many more. The images were photographed in locations as diverse as Shanghai and Anhui in China, New York and Minneapolis in the USA, in Hong Kong, Singapore and other Southeast Asian destinations.

A traditional Chinese temple mingles with a minimalist Shigeru Ban villa, a Shanghai hotel that holds the world record for the tallest hotel, and a luxurious Beijing club in this compact tour of China’s most exceptional interiors. Proposing a refreshing blend of antiquity and modernity, these images exude feelings of simplicity, Zen, and wellbeing.

This is a sweeping portrait of China, its people, and its history since 1949. It is presented as seen by China's most prominent photographers and edited by Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing. This book brings together a vast selection of images by Chinese photographers since 1949, giving readers a visual journey across the great People's Republic; edited by esteemed photojournalist Liu Heung Shing, longtime "Associated Press" correspondent and "Time" magazine contributor. In post-Mao China, late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping urged his one billion countrymen to "seek truth from facts." Taking its cue from Deng's overture, China today is the leading economic story of the 21st century. The process by which China navigated the path from periphery to a central position in world affairs dominates the debate about Asia and China's relationship to the western world. Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing charts the visual history of sixty years of the People's Republic (1949 to 2008), and along the way aims to illustrate its humanistic course. Via work by 88 Chinese photographers, this collection of images shows how the Chinese people have blossomed in spite of enduring previous decades of extraordinary hardship. When China opened the curtain at the summer Olympics in 2008 and the world's focus fell upon Beijing, these photographs served to map out the remarkable road the Chinese had travelled to rejoin the rest of the world. To help place the images in context, also included is a chronology listing all the major political events in China.

Illustrations: over 400 full-color & archival photos and drawings

Bridges, the least known and understood of China's many wonders, are one of its most striking and resilient feats of architectural prowess. Chinese Bridges brings together a thorough look at these marvels from one of the world's leading experts on Chinese culture and historical geography, Ronald G. Knapp.
While many consider bridges to be merely utilitarian, the bridges of China move beyond that stereotype, as many are undeniably dramatic, even majestic and daring. Chinese Bridges illustrates in detail 20 well-preserved ancient bridges, along with descriptions and essays on the distinctive architectural elements shared by the various designs. For the first time in an English-language book, Chinese Bridges records scores of newly discovered bridges across China's vast landscape, illustrated with over 400 color photographs, as well as woodblock prints, historic images, paintings and line drawings

Ronald G. Knapp has been carrying out research on cultural and historical geography in China's countryside since 1965. Currently SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York, New Paltz, he is the author or contributing editor of more than a dozen books, including the award-winning Chinese Houses: The Architectural Heritage of a Nation.

A. Chester Ong, born in the Philippines and currently based in Hong Kong, has photographed widely throughout Asia. His photography appears in magazines, exhibitions, as well as books, including China Modern, Chinese Houses and China Living.

Sixteen outstanding contemporary Chinese architects/teams, which come from state-owned large-scale design firm, private-owned design firm and individual studios, are selected in this book. Contemporary Chinese architectural languages and form, which connect history and today, with fusion of Chinese and western cultures and elements, are directly presented in it. It records the developing road of contemporary architecture in China with continuous effort by Chinese architects.

This book seeks to introduce many forms of Chinese gardens in various cities from a unique professional perspective. Presenting the exceptional traditionalqualities of delicacy and grace it demonstrates the skills involved in their design and formation. The selection offered here fall into three categories: traditional private gardens, historic gardens in modern times and newly-built gardens, each of which in turn shows the innovative use of materials and technologies.

TABLE of CONTENTS

Traditional Chinese Private Gardens
14 Garden of Contentment (Yu Yuan) , Shanghai
26 Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets (Wangshi Yuan), Suzhou
36 Blue Waves Pavilion (Canglang ling), Suzhou
44 Garden of Retreat and Reflection (Tuisi Yuan), Suzhou
52 He Garden (He Yuan), Yangzhou
62 Garden of Ancient Splendour (Guiyi Yuan), Shanghai
70 Garden of Meandering Streams (Qushui Yuan), Shanghai
Chinese Gardens for Modern Life
78 The China Club (Zhongguo Hui). Beijing
84 Imperial Delicacy Restaurant (Guozong Yuxiang Zhai) . Beijing
90 Changpu River Scenic Area (Changpuhe Jingqu), Beijing
98 Confucian Temple (Wen Miao). Shanghai
108 Tanzhe Temple (Tanzhe Si). Beijing
114 West Garden Temple (Xiyuan Si), Suzhou
122 Square Pagoda Garden (Fangta Yuan), Shanghai
128 Garden of Contemplation (Jingsi Yuan) , Suzhou
138 Panmen Scenic Area (Panmen Jingqu), Suzhou
144 West Lake Park (Xihu Gongyuan). Fuzhou
150 West Lake Landscape (Xihu liandi), Hangzhou

Chinese Gardens in Modern Design
Chinese Style Courtyards and Landscapes in Public Places
164 Palace Wu-Sheraton Hotel (Wugong- Xilaideng Jiudian), Suzhou
176 Suzhou Museum (Suzhou Bowuguan), Suzhou
186 Xiayang Lake & Qingpu Library (Xiayang Hu & Qingpu Tushuguan), Shanghai
192 China Academy of Fine Arts (Zhongguo Meishu Xueyuan), Hangzhou
200 Dragon Hotel (Huanglong Fandian), Hangzhou

Chinese Style Courtyards in Residential Areas
208 Mandarin Palace (Jiujian Tang), Shanghai
220 Chinese Home (Zhongguo Renjia). 1'-lanjing
232 Cambridge WaterTown (Kanqiao Shuixiang). Shanghai

Private Courtyards of the Modern Literati
238 Story of Nanshipi Garden (Nanshipi Ji), Suzhou
248 Stone Obsession Resort (Zuishi Shanzhuang), Suzhou

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Illustrations: over 300 color photos; b&w plans & diagrams

Exquisite examples of traditional dwellings are scattered throughout modern-day China. Chinese Houses focuses on 20 well-preserved traditional homes, presenting examples from a range of rural and metropolitan areas throughout China.
The photographs of each are accompanied by extensive background information and historical content. An introductory essay examines the different types of Chinese homes and provides an overview of the rich regional variety of Chinese dwelling forms. It also provides insights into little-known design concepts that emphasize the flexibility, adaptability, and versatility of traditional building forms and the work of traditional craftsmen.
Richly illustrated with photographs, woodblock prints, historic images, and line drawings, Chinese Houses portrays an architectural tradition of amazing range and resilience.

This book compiles famous gardens and landscapes in our country, interpreting the basic content, art style, and landscape type of Chinese gardens with the focus on the four basic elements which are architecture, water system, lying stone, and arrangement of flowers and trees. More than two thousand pictures are adopted to directly analyze the various building techniques of the four main garden systems which are the northern garden, gardens on the Yangtze Delta, gardens in the south of five ridges, and gardens in the southwest. The comparing of the ancient and the contemporary gardens well interprets the historic developmental track of Chinese garden landscape.

This book contains more than two thousand pictures with abundant and concrete displaying of the details, powerful expertise, detailed content, and large amount of information. This book has great value on practicality, academic research, and art collection. What’s more, it has great reference value for people expert in garden design, architectural design, and interior design.

Project Introduction:
P22 2010 Yuhu Wan Shenzhen Model House III
P30 2011 Grape Manor Villa Dongguan Model House
P44 2010 Chongqing Yongchuan Yulongshan Club
P56 2010 Chongqing Yongchuan Yulongshan Model House II
P64 2010 Chongqing Yongchuan Yulongshan Model House I
P70 2010 Chongqing Yongchuan Yulongshan Model House III
P78 2010 Shenzhen Yuhu Wan Model House I
P86 2010 Shenzhen Yuhu Wan Model House II
P94 2010 Shenzhen Gaofa Fifth Avenue Model House Furnishing Desigh I
P106 2010 Shenzhen Gaofa Fifth Avenue Model House Furnishing Desigh II
P116 2010 Shenzhen Gaofa Fifth Avenue Model House Furnishing Desigh III
P130 2010 Chongqing Yongchuan Yulongshan Model House VI
P138 2010 Chongqing Yongchuan Yulongshan Model House IV
P150 2011 Triana Bay Changsha Model House I
P162 2011 Triana Bay Changsha Model House II
P172 2011 Shandong Liaocheng Starlight City Square Sales Center
P184 2011 Shandong Liaocheng Starlight City Square Model House I
P194 2011 Shandong Liaocheng Starlight City Square Model House II
P200 2011 Shandong Liaocheng Starlight City Square Model House III
P210 2011 Shandong Liaocheng Starlight City Square Model House IV
P218 2011 Chendu Vancouver Villa Model House I
P234 2011 Chengdu Vancouver Villa Model House II
P254 2011 Shandong Tai’an Guoshan Shu Villa
P262 2011 East OCT Shenzhen Tianlu Villa
P276 2011 Guangzhou Nansha Times South Bay Villa Model House
P302 2011 Guangxi Nanning Ronghe MOCO Community Promotion Center
P317 Retrospect 2005-2010
P348 Acknowledgements

In the past hundred years or so, ‘chintz’ has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric. Its origins as a hand-drawn and dyed fabric from India are often forgotten, but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned. It explores in detail the background and development of this beautiful technique and looks at the use of chintzes in Europe from the early 17th century to the mid-19th century, first as bed-curtains and wall-hangings and later for popular men’s and women’s dress. The V&A’s collection, published for the first time in glorious colour and including close-up details, will interest interior designers, textiles students and those involved in fashion.

From Berlin to Beirut, David Chipperfield (born 1953) aspires to an architecture founded on collaboration, ideas, and excellence. His buildings are intended as physically immediate spaces in which “a sort of ordinariness” becomes remarkable, and by which the individual structure coexists with broader concepts of city-building.

Chipperfield’s vision has driven major projects around the globe, from the famed rebuilding of the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany, to the Amorepacific Headquarters in Seoul. His architec­tural practice has won many international competitions and numerous awards and citations for design excellence.

In vivid images and accessible texts, this book covers Chipperfield’s most striking projects to introduce the architect suspicious of “starchitecture,” but nevertheless a global star on the architecture stage.

About the series:

Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture series features:

- an introduction to the life and work of the architect 
- the major works in chronological order
- information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
- a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
- approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts, and plans)

This three-volume catalogue of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition presents an anthology of ideas centered around this year's theme: the meta-city.

The changes in the physical and social structure of today's city have resulted in a new kind of civilian agglomeration that extends beyond the traditional form, concept, and boundaries of the city, causing profound transformations in the composition of its population and working habits.

The International Exhibition, curated by Richard Burdett, will focus on the transformations of cities around the world, featuring New York, London, Berlin, Moscow, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, Mexico City, São Paulo Beirut, Istanbul, Johannesburg, and Lagos. Additionally, the biennale will propound a manifesto for rational development of cities in the 21st century.

This book will be the definitive catalogue of what is perhaps the most important architecture exhibition in the world.