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This book presents a selection of projects from the first decade of the award-winning Chinese architectural firm Atelier Archmixing, founded in 2009 by ZHUANG Shen and REN Hao. It includes 24 designs, each with excellent photographs, drawings, and textual descriptions. Included here are two introductory essays: Several Factors that Define Our Work and Six Super Models, as well as a conversation between Archmixing's chief architect Zhuang Shen and Li Xinggang, Wang Fangji and Zhang Bin, and a review written by Li Xiangning. As one of China's pioneering independent architectural studios, Atelier Archmixing is known for its combination of design, research and theoretical reflection in the context of Chinese rapid urbanisation. Text in English and Chinese.

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This book reflects on the relationship between digital tradition and contemporary humanism in the avant-garde design work of Zhang Zhoujie Digital Lab over the past decade. In four sections, this book provides a multi-faceted overview and reproduces Zhang Zhoujie's thoughts and methods in both his art and design. Strong technical elements characterise his creations and his pursuit of beauty by means of digital design. Notably, Zhang Zhoujie Digital Lab launched the groundbreaking furniture brand Endless Form® in 2018. Zhoujie’s creations, like the stainless-steel material he uses, provides a series of mirrors that allow us to view ourselves from multiple angles and ponder the value of human beings, humanity, and humanism in this digital age. Text in English and Chinese.

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This well-illustrated book on the leading international design and architecture firm Aedas features 24 domestic and five overseas projects, primarily in China. Accompanied by texts that explore multiple aspects of Aedas’ design philosophy, it showcases their global platform for research, idea exchange, and creative excellence. The discussions here range widely over issues that are central to the Aedas design ethos, including the local influence of urban culture, the relationship between urban geography and location, the integrated coordination of industrialisation and urbanisation with human-centered planning, the sustainable development of optimised planning based on traffic conditions, and the survival and development of local characteristics and culture. Their aim is to facilitate the growth of urbanisation and to provide new, sustainable, and innovative solutions to contemporary building and design issues. This book will resonate with professional readers engaged in architectural design practice, urban planning managers, and those interested in urban architectural culture. Text in English and Chinese.

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Chinese gardens distinguish themselves from other gardens in the world by successfully integrating architecture, painting, calligraphy, and literature with garden design. Each classical Chinese garden has its own unique style. This book explores the design and characteristics of some of the most famous classical gardens in China through a wealth of photographs and matching verses. Text in English and Chinese.

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The concept of Layered Morphologies is a theoretical and methodological approach that investigates the coevolutionary nature of architecture and settlements, to propose an organic and integrated approach to their reading, protection and design enhancement. Transcending some usual spatial ontologies and operating across interdisciplinary fields, it promotes a renewed notion of built heritage as historicised architecture, and landscape as a structure of structures, where any act of modification should start from recognising pre-existing signs, typo-morphological structures, and writing of the ground and formal orders. Advancing critical-theoretical propositions while verifying their operational value in the case study of Fenghuang (Shaanxi) - a famous historic and cultural town in China - the methodology reveals a new reading and the potential underlying of Chinese settlements forms. Architectural and urban-rural design projects are not the colonisation of a void (a tabula rasa) but rather an understanding and interpretation of an existing text with its erasures and absences (tabula plena), which also presents the principles for future writings.

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Yangzhou, an historically important site in the Jiangsu province, is one of the most affluent cities in China. This book explores the historical background of Yangzhou gardens and traditional houses in detail, through architectural surveys that offer targeted research and analysis of garden and residential projects. From early on, Yangzhou underwent several economic booms and the rich material base provided great opportunities for its development in art and culture. The unique characteristics of Yangzhou gardens and houses are presented through a wealth of archival images, in addition to a text by the renowned Chinese academic Chen Congzhou. Text in English and Chinese.

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Since 2015,Office ZHU has been working with the Department of Architecture of Shanghai Jiao Tong University on the project Cycling@Shanghai and has done two rounds of research on the use of bicycles in Shanghai. The results of this research are gathered here. Starting with a brief history, the book systematically explores cycle infrastructure planning through comparative studies on seven bike-friendly cities (Copenhagen, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, etc.) around the world. The author examines the cycling and metro systems, systematic planning, and infrastructure construction in those cities and, after analysing the current cycling conditions in Shanghai, proposes specific urban planning strategies and highlights the benefits that cycling can bring to public spaces. Text in English and Chinese.

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Qianyuan (the 'Hidden Garden') is a classic southern Chinese scholar's garden that was gifted to Ruhr University (Germany) by its sister school, Tongji University of Shanghai, in 1990. Beginning with the original concept, this book illustrates the history and design of the garden through 29 themes, with abundant pictures and accompanying text. The garden draws on the Legend of Peach Blossom Spring, in which a fisherman who is drawn to a blossoming peach orchard accidentally discovers a hidden outcrop of paradise, which once discovered can never be found again (a plaque in the garden recounts the tale). Qianyuan has borrowed theory and techniques from the ancient Chinese gardening masterpiece The Garden Treatise, whose artistic language was influential in the creation of this Chinese 'paradise' in Germany. The garden is considered an important example of Sino-German cultural exchange. Text in English and Chinese.

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Heyuan Garden, the largest existing private classical garden in Yangzhou, China, is the subject of this book, which offers a complete description and representation of the garden’s overall characteristics and its contributing components. It contains a wealth of maps, aerial photographs, and diagrams which are published here for the first time. Notably, this book uses high-precision point cloud images as its main graphic method in order to convey more garden detail than traditional, two-dimensional line graphics. Led by the ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL), the Garden Heritage Digital Document (GHDD) project was set up in 2018 to highlight representative cases of Chinese classical gardens, adopt international cultural heritage archive frameworks and standards, and use new digital technologies to establish high-quality heritage archives to make up for the shortcomings of existing classical garden records. This is the first publication of the GHDD project. Text in English and Chinese.

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The design and construction of traditional homes in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, are an important part of Chinese cultural heritage. They illustrate the wisdom of the craftsmen and builders, and reflect the social conditions and economic situation of the period. Through abundant archival illustrations and graphics, this book explores the historical background of Suzhou's traditional residences in detail, and explains their overall style and characteristics through targeted research and analysis. This is a valuable sources of information for those who study the history of architecture, residential buildings, and traditional Chinese culture. Text in English and Chinese.

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For the first time, China has built its own goliath of a building - Shanghai Tower, reaching higher than 600 metres, which has since become a major international site. Its construction lasted 73 months, with more than 500 companies and nearly ten thousand workers involved. Shanghai Tower has a building height of 632 metres, weighing 850,000 tons, covering an area of 578,000 square metres, 127 floors above ground, 5 floors underground, as well as the world's fastest elevator. Shanghai Tower can accommodate more than 30,000 people. Behind these awe-inspiring statistics are digital codes hidden in its construction, which prove to be shocking. With precise calculation and efficiency of these digital codes, the building's completion has become a reality. Each code serves as the tower's DNA strands. By an analytical reading of the 95 engineering codes, this book treats these codes as carriers, pathways to explain a more accurate interpretation of the building in 5 chapters, with focuses on Appearance, Experience, Underground Exploring, Construction Q&A and Concept Decoding.

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Chinese architect Pu Miao has long explored the development of modern Chinese architecture from a localised perspective. As he has learned from his practice, the integration of architecture and landscape promises to be one of the main directions for localisation. This volume selects 15 architectural designs from Miao’s practice since the 1990s; 12 of them have been constructed and written about in international and Chinese professional journals and books. The building types include restaurant, retail, exhibition, worship, residence, education, and public facilities. The projects illustrate four modes of integrating buildings and landscape: using outdoor spaces as alternatives for indoor activities; architecture and landscape each playing a unique role in a functional pair; architecture partially taking the form of landscape; and gardens as urban public spaces in a building. Through detailed analyses of design concepts, a large number of building photos and drawings (including wall sections for some projects), this book acts not only as a virtual tour of these places, but also provides meticulous design documentation. Today, it is very rare for an architect to practice by him/herself. Pu Miao has proved that such a traditional craftsman’s mode of practice is still possible; more than that, he inspires us to see that the modes of architectural practice need not to be as uniform as many believe. There are actually many possibilities, as long as you dare to imagine and to try. Perhaps Pu Miao’s initial objective was to control the building detailing as much as possible, which he has accomplished, but meanwhile he has also become a special banner of independent practice in China. Text in English and Chinese.

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This book is a collection of 12 academic papers published in Chinese Theatre Arts, a journal of the Shanghai Theatre Academy. They include pieces on contemporary theatre, modern drama, foreign drama, stage art, acting, and directing. The Editor in Chief, Professor Yang Yang, is Vice President of Shanghai Theatre Academy. In this English translation, the book introduces the outstanding academic achievements of Chinese theatre research to readers in the English world so they can better understand Chinese theatre and Chinese culture.

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The Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd (BIAD) is a large-scale state-owned architectural design and consulting institute established in 1949, the same year the People's Republic of China was founded. It is a first-grade, national high-tech enterprise, which has made outstanding contributions in Beijing and China. Since its establishment, BIAD has devoted itself to architectural design services; it has committed to providing high quality design and developed its key corporate concept - Architecture Serves Society, Design Creates Value - earning a good reputation in the industry, whilst building up the design brand image of BIAD. The programmes collected in this book show the history of BIAD, and that of Beijing and China. In particular, the programme Phoenix Center presents the level of infrastructure in science and technology today. Text in English and simplified Chinese.

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Founded in 2009 in Shanghai, Z+T STUDIO approaches landscape design as a way to enhance happiness and address a yearning for a better life. Their work provides a lasting aesthetic experience at a harmonious scale, with streamlined materials and notable craftsmanship. This book presents 18 key landscape design projects completed by Z+T STUDIO between 2009 and 2018. The recipient of numerous national and international awards, their outstanding work represents the highest level of expertise in China and the world's landscape design industry. Included here are project overviews, design concept overviews, and on-site photos, in addition to detailed node drawings and construction process records. Each project is discussed in separate chapters with a wealth of colour illustrations. This book provides new ideas for readers in the landscape design industry and students of landscape design. Text in English and Chinese.

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How can industrial buildings with long histories and spatial uniqueness be integrated into urban life more actively? How can newly built industrial plots with large-scale industrial and commercial buildings be situated and integrated into urban planning and design? This book features nearly 40 cases of redevelopment and industrial design by the German architectural firm gmp Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners in Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenzhen (mainland China), and some German cities. These designs are for commercial and industrial buildings, cultural and convention centres, exhibition halls and data centres. They apply gmp’s design concept to industrial buildings within the context of the metropolis, work that is characterised by conciseness, diversity, unity, uniqueness, and orderliness. This book provides examples of, and references to, urban industrial building areas and industrial architecture design, and can be used as a reference by teachers and students of urban planning studies, architectural history, architectural heritage conservation, and architectural design. Text in English and Chinese.

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The work of award-winning Chinese architecture firm Atelier Archmixing bridges the gap between design and research. This book is an in-depth, theoretical work with 11 articles, a commentary by Professor Wang Junyang and interviews with Professor Ge Ming and Professor Lu Andong. The articles featured here are from design research papers published continuously in domestic and overseas professional periodicals on Atelier Archmixing from 2012 to 2018. Although these papers were written at different times, they share echoing concerns, showcasing Archmixing’s design ethos with a wide range of topics covered in a systematic theoretical framework. Text in English and Chinese.

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