Modernism in late-Mao China : architecture for foreign affairs in Beijing, Guangzhou and overseas, 1969-1976 /

This book investigates the architectural history of China in the Mao era (1949-1976), focusing on the rise of modernism in the last seven years of the Cultural Revolution from 1969 to 1976. It highlights the new architecture of this period, exemplified by three clusters of buildings for foreign affa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Song, Ke, 1989- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, [2023].
Series:	Routledge research in architecture.
Subjects:	Modern movement (Architecture) > China. Architecture and state > China > History > 20th century. Architecture > Political aspects > China > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Rethinking Modernism: Form, Knowledge and Politics
Political Ideology and Architectural Discourse in Mao's China
Chinese Modernism in the 1950s and the 1960s
Diplomatic Buildings in the 1970s Beijing
Foreign Trade Buildings in the 1970s Guangzhou
China's Foreign Aid Architecture, 1964-1976.