Xuefei Ren: 2 books
Building Globalization
Transnational Architecture Production in Urban China
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. Combining ethnographic fieldwork, historical research, and network analysis, Building Globalization closely scrutinizes...
by Xuefei Ren
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions,...