Building in China is about striking an architectural balance between the pull of monumental tradition and the push of technological novelty. Centering on the dynamic period of post-imperial and pre-Communist China, the book focuses on the building and city planning initiatives of Henry Murphy. A little-known American architect, Murphy ventured to China in 1914 to design a campus for the Yale-in-China program and found himself captivated by the question of how to preserve China's rich architectural traditions while also designing new buildings using up-to-date Western technologies. Murphy's buildings were compromises in a tumultuous society facing an uncertain future. Inadvertently they became political emblems, as Chinese rulers such as Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen's son called on Murphy for city planning advice to complement their hopes for urban reconstruction.
There are few serious studies of Western architects in the 20th century who practiced in non-Western contexts, and this book make significant contributions to the fields of both American and Chinese architectural history. Those interested in city planning or urban history, post-colonialist theory, comparative Asian studies, the history of technology or historic preservation practice will find this book breaking new ground by analyzing fresh evidence.
發表於2024-11-07
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圖書標籤: 建築史 近現代史 近代建築 建築 城市史 architecture+history architecture 曆史
隻讀瞭一章……
評分還以為是畫冊呢結果全是字……好哀愁。
評分super有趣
評分隻讀瞭一章……
評分詳細敘述瞭這個很厲害的人在中式古典復興時期所做的建築。舊瓶裝新酒,用傳統形式在現代材料和技術下實現現代功能。但是這已經是100年前的事情瞭(可以參考今日北大燕園等),在今天我們不應該再拘泥於形式,而是要從過去尋找靈感,再用現在的形式詮釋它。單純地模仿老祖宗的形式是不行的。
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