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Author Xue, Charlie Q. L., author

Title A history of design institutes in China : from Mao to market / Charlie Xue and Guanghui Ding
Published New York : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge research in architecture
Routledge research in architecture.
Contents Engineering the political machine -- Surfing the economic wave -- Enhancing the cultural power
Summary A History of Design Institutes in China examines the intricate relationship between design institutes, the state, and, in later periods, the market economy through a carefully situated discussion of significant theoretical and historical issues including socialist utopia, collective and individual design, structural transformation, and architectural exportation, amongst others. It shows how, over the past six decades, China's design institutes have served the state's strategy for socialist construction and urbanisation to create socioeconomic and cultural value. Through first-hand research, authors Xue and Ding reveal how the tensions between pragmatism, creativity, collaboration, and resistance have played a crucial role in defining architectural production. Appealing to academics, researchers, and graduate students, this book provides a much-needed contribution to the discourse on architectural history, building practices, and policymaking in contemporary China
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Architectural design -- Government policy -- China
Architectural practice -- China
Architecture and state -- China
ARCHITECTURE -- Interior Design -- General.
Architectural practice
Architecture and state
China
Form Electronic book
Author Ding, Guanghui, 1985- author.
LC no. 2020691564
ISBN 9781351356787
135135678X
9780203709917
0203709918
9781351356794
1351356798
9781351356770
1351356771