... opportunity to trot the globe in what is ironically called the present “age of globalization.” This chapter describes the ironies of the film and contemporary Chinese society at large, and points out previous examples of the replication of architecture in China's long imperial history. allegory Beijing...

...This chapter discusses the defences and colonial architecture that were built in Macao. It is composed of walls that run from one end of Macao to the other; for example, the walls to the north run down to the Inner Harbour as a defence against the north. Aside from the walls that frame the city...

... Germany eco socialism exhibitions and conferences Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City megacities sustainability and sustainable development Vietnamese city making Vinh capitalism Cold War Eurocentrism green capitalism Vietnamese Institute of Architecture and Planning urban rural duality challenges...

... Nova Scotia Gardens Chinese garden aesthetics Architecture Tu Fu Photography ethnography On 11 February 1922 Florence Ayscough wrote to tell Amy Lowell that she and Francis had come to ‘a very momentous decision, which is this. Frank will retire from the firm at the end of this year. We shall...

... onto postwar Japan's national body politic, Tange and other Metabolist architects frequently used the biological metaphors of blood circulation and the central nervous system to articulate their vision of urban planning. Focusing on the impact of electronic communication technologies on architecture...

... Gardens Shanghai Architecture Art Poetry Politics Culture Established in 1745 during the Qianlong period (1736–95) of the Qing dynasty, Qushui Yuan (曲水園, ‘Garden of Meandering Waters’), in the city’s Qingpu District, served as a resting place for guests in the Qingpu City God Temple compound from...

... Taiping Rebellion Zhu Wei Battle of Shanghai Mukden Incident Hu Juewen Chen Congzhou kunqu Suzhou opera intertextuality ‘Land at the End of the Peach Grove The’ Tan Garden Tao Yuanming Zheng Banqiao bonsai penjing Gardens Shanghai Architecture Art Poetry Politics Culture During...

... Boying poetry Chen Congzhou Xu Yongzhang Zheng Banqiao gingko tree bamboo dragon dragon wall painting Small Swords Rebellion Taihu stones Pan Mansion Gardens Shanghai Architecture Art Poetry Politics Culture Built when the development of Jiangnan gardens was at its peak, Yu Yuan (豫園...

... Square “zipper” and the Empire State Building in New York, the authors demonstrate how such buildings transform the relationship between inside and outside of architectural structures, and intensify the capacity to meaningfully communicate with contemporary publics. They argue that the multitudinous uses...

... in city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history. They aim to use the built environment as a method of analyzing the multiple experiences of colonial powers in China and northern Indochina. They also have brought together case studies about the regions where the concentration of Western...

... in the field of art and architecture. Spearheading this movement was the École des Beaux-Arts d'Indochine, a progressive institution that encouraged architecture students to revisit their own architectural and urban traditions as well as those of the colonizers. During the same period, the colonial authorities...

...This is a guide-book that brings forth the art and architecture of Macao and the baroque treasures that make the territory of Macao so attractive. The book aims to help with an understanding of the complex history and layout of the city as a Portuguese ex-colony founded in the sixteenth century...

... Clarke Jacqui Farley Percy HMS Capetown HMS Impregnable The Daily Mail London Merton & Sutton Cemetery Merton Park Film Studios Willis Julia Willis Mary Submarine China Poseidon Navy England Portsmouth Architecture Rawalpindi Hermes Although the loss of Poseidon...

... on. The demolition of traditional architecture and construction of modern buildings severely mar the looks of Lhasa. Tibetan fashion is corrupted by official aesthetics to favor wearing animal skins, running counter to Tibetans’ religious belief. Animal skins Herders Mine prospectors in Tibet Potala Palace...

... Zhenheng Yi Yuan Ayscough Florence literati poetry Guyi Yuan Qingpu Qushui Yuan Songjiang Zuibaichi Jiading Nanxiang Qiuxiapu Yangzhou Yu Yuan chronicles Cultural Revolution Fung Stanislaus Zhou Enlai inscription Yuanmingyuan Chen Jiru Gardens Shanghai Architecture Art Poetry...

... and restoration Su Dongpo bamboo bridge chronicles peony Guo Moruo bonsai penjing Japan Japanese buildings garden plants Sun Yat sen Zhu Kongyang Daoism Daoist deer immortals Ye Shengtao rockeries Romance of the Three Kingdoms The pine Gardens Shanghai Architecture Art Poetry Politics...

...Hong Kong as a world city draws on a rich variety of foundational “texts” in film, fiction, architecture, and other forms of visual culture. The city has been a cultural fault-line for centuries—a translation space where Chinese-ness is interpreted for “Westerners” and Western-ness is translated...

... of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers...

...Architecture played a significant role throughout history in articulating ideas of nationhood and identity. In creating the Hong Kong Supreme Court, it was the ambition of the colonial government to stamp the urban fabric of Victoria with a building that was both a monument and a symbol of the rule...