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A 108-meter high Eiffel Tower rises above Champs Elysées Square in Hangzhou. A Chengdu residential complex for 200,000 recreates Dorchester, England. An ersatz Queen's Guard patrols Shanghai's Thames Town, where pubs and statues of Winston Churchill abound. Gleaming replicas of the White...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bosker, Bianca (Autor)
Otros Autores: Silbergeld, Jerome (writer of supplemental textual content.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]
Colección:Spatial habitus (Series)
Temas:
1900-2099
2000-talet.
1900-talet.
Architecture > China > Themes, motives.
Architecture > China > Western influences.
Architecture > China > History > 20th century.
Architecture > China > History > 21st century.
Architecture > Chine > Thèmes, motifs.
Architecture > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture > Chine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE > General.
Architecture
Architecture > Themes, motives
Architecture > Western influences
Architektur
Verwestlichung
Themengarten
Arkitektur > historia.
Västerländska influenser > historia.
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Into "the land of courtly enjoyments" : an introduction to China's architectural mimicry
  • The fascination with faux : philosophical and theoretical drivers of architectural reproduction in China
  • Manifestations of westernization : the anatomy of China's simulacrascapes
  • Simulacra and the Sino-psyche : understanding the Chinese motivation for replicating the alien
  • Residential revolution : inside the twenty-first century Chinese dream.

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