Positions
Subtitle: portrait of a new generation of Chinese architects
By: [authors, Frédéric Edelmann and Jérémie Descamps]
Contributors: Descamps, Jérémie; Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Paris, France); Institut français d'architecture
Publisher: Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine; Actar-D
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris; Barcelona; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9788496954502
Subjects: Expositions; Architecture; Exhibitions
Other titles: Portrait of a new generation of Chinese architects
Description: "This book presents over 40 finished works by Chinese architects, produced between 2003 and 2008. A compelling selection representing a new generation of architects in a country whose building rhythm over the last decade has been unstoppable, as China's architects are making their mark within the backdrop of an avalanche of world class architecture stars." "Featuring works by China Architecture Design & Research Group, Jiakun Architects, Atelier Deshaus, Mada s.p.a.m, MAD, TM Studio, Urbanus, Studio Pei-Zhu, Amateur Architecture Studio, Atelier Feichang Jianzhu, Atelier Z+, Standardarchitecture and Architectural Design & Research Institute Nanjing University."--Jacket.
Notes: Statement of responsibility from colophon.

"An exhibition conceived and realised by the Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine/Institut français d'architecture (Ifa)"--Colophon.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / François de Mazières; title: The foam on the ocean / Francis Rambert; title: Positions / Frédéric Edelmann; title: Desheng Shangcheng office building ; Yinxu Archaeological Museum / China Architecture Design & Research Group; title: Luyeyuan Sculpture Museum ; Museum of the Red Age (Maoist Period), Fan Jianchuan Museum cluster ; Qingpu Urban Planning and Exhibition Centre / Jiakun Architects; title: Xiayu Nursery School ; Shanghai Business Association ; Dongguan Institute of Technology, Departments of Information Technology, Electronics and Human Sciences ; Clubhouse of the Renhengyunjie Residential Ensemble / Deshaus; title: Qiao Zi Wan Shopping Centre: shops offices and a canal-side promenade ; "Thumb Island" Puyang House at Lake Xiayang ; Jade Valley Hotel Village / Mada s.p.a.m.; title: Lake Hangluo Clubhouse / MAD Studio; title: Extension of the Pingjiang Kezhan Hotel-Restaurant and the Dong Tea House ; Suquan Yuan Welcome Building / TM Studio; title: Shenzhen Urban Planning Office ; Factory reconversion OCT Loft, Huaqiao Cheng ; Public art plaza / Urbanus Architecture & Design; title: Digital Beijing / Urbanus & Zhu Pei; title: Blur Hotel or Mumianhua Hotel ; Bookstore and office of the Beijing Publishing Group / Studio Pei-Zhu; title: Tongji University, French-Chinese Exchange Centre ; Tongji University, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Building 3 / Atelier Z+; title: Development of the banks of River Yiwu / Fake Design; title: Yangshuo Shopping Centre ; Wuhan French-Chinese Art Centre ; Backyard Bookstore / Standardarchitecture; title: Siheyuan, promenade and shopping area at the Olympic Games site ; Yuniaoliusu, Liangzhu Cultural Village / Qi Xin Architects and Engineers; title: Poet houses ; Dongguan Institute of Technology, staff residence ; Slit house / Atelier Zhangtei; title: Xiangshan campus of the Higher School of Fine Arts of China ; Ningbo Fine Arts Museum ; Housing towers / Amateur Architecture Studio; title: Ufida Research and Development Centre ; Jishou University, educational and research buildings, Huang Yongyu Museum ; Villa Shizilin / Atelier Feichang Jianzhu.