Architecture China
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Architecture China
by Li Xiangning, Jiang Jiawei, Rebecca Gross, Gina Tsarouhas, and Mo Wanli
Published 1 June 2019
Architecture China Vol. 2: Building for a New Culture is a collective coverage as well as a critique on newly emerging museums and galleries in contemporary China. Architecture China is a journal focusing on the leading architectural design projects with regional characteristics in contemporary China. This 2018 Fall issue of Architecture China, focusing on how a new culture might be constructed through the action of building, showcases 15 newly-completed museums and galleries with certain characters from contemporary Chinese culture. The four essays by Li Xiangning, David Leatherbarrow, Sun Jiwei and Zhang Ziyue, and Jiang Jiawei respectively provide different viewpoints on the topic, and expose critical thinking on cultural events that relate to contemporary China.
Focusing on the leading edge architectural designs with regional characteristics, Architecture China is a journal whose mission is to disseminate the creative works of contemporary Chinese architecture, and to deepen an appreciation of Chinese architectural traditionals and trends. This inaugural issue, Building a Future Countryside, will serve as the official catalogue of the Pavilion of China at 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. Following the six episodes of the exhibition, the catalogue gives an in-depth presentation of exhibited installations and projects with texts, drawings, diagrams, and photos. In addition to that, essays by Li Xiangning, curator of the Pavilion of China, and Hans-Jürgen Commerell, director of Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin, are also featured in the catalogue.
RE/DEFINE Tradition
by Li Xiangning, Jiang Jiawei, Mo Wanli, Rebecca Gross, and Georgia Tsarouhas
Published 1 August 2020
Architecture China is a journal focusing on
the leading architectural design projects with regional characteristics
in contemporary China. This issue focuses on how the architectural
tradition is maintained as well as redefined in the contemporary
context. Two essays by Li Xiangning, Song Wei & Tian Weijia provide
different viewpoints on the topic, and expose critical thinking on how
to make a new tradition.
the leading architectural design projects with regional characteristics
in contemporary China. This issue focuses on how the architectural
tradition is maintained as well as redefined in the contemporary
context. Two essays by Li Xiangning, Song Wei & Tian Weijia provide
different viewpoints on the topic, and expose critical thinking on how
to make a new tradition.