PROJECTS IN CHINA

This book focuses on a world-renowned architectural firm that hascontributed to China's recent architectural boom. The architecturalpractice founded in 1965 by Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg hasbecome one of the largest, most wide-ranging and most influential in theworld, and has garnered numerous international awards. Since the early1990s von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) has been a major contributor toChina's extraordinary architectural development, designing and realizinghundreds of projects throughout the country. These projects, collected inthis book for the first time, display the incredible range and talent thathas made the firm so successful. From office buildings, train stations,trade fair grounds, research centers and sports complexes to concerthalls, the world's largest museum, and an entire city with a housingcapacity of 800,000 inhabitants, each project outlined here includescomprehensive pictorial materials, plans, and explanatory texts. With alleyes on China as a center for cutting edge architecture, this stunninglydesigned volume is certain to attract the attention of those. Rok wydania2008, fotmat 24 x 30 cm, stron 192, okładka twarda, tekst w jęz. ang.