Grand Theater Urbanism Chinese Cities in the 21st century /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Xue, Charlie Qiuli (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Human geography.; Architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Human Geography.; Architectural History and Theory.; Urbanism.

This volume explores the phenomenon and trend of cultural buildings by investigating 10 typical cities in China from the first, second, and third tiers, and from the Chinese diaspora. Each grand theater design was the result of a high-profile international competition and created by global architect...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface and acknowledgments
• Introduction: City Branding and Cultural Facilities-boosting Chinese cities
• Development of Theaters and the City in Beijing: the 1950s and After the 1980s
• To Be Cultural Capital-grand theaters in Shanghai
• Guangzhou Opera House: Building a Gated Public Space
• City Center Shifting and Cultural Facilities - Performance Space in Shenzhen
• Growing with the City: Theatrical Buildings in Chongqing
• The Henan Art Center: From Dilemma to Ambition
• The Shanxi Grand Theater: "Renaissance" of Chinese Drama Land
• A Butterfly by the Lake - Wuxi Grand Theater
• The National Taichung Theater: experimenting publicity of metropolitan urbanism
• From Colonial to Global-performance space in Hong Kong
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index.