Shanghai architecture / Anne Warr.
Shanghai architecture / Anne Warr.
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Publisher
Sydney : Watermark Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
720.95113/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
340 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims., maps, plans, ports. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Introduction 7 -- How to Use This Book 22 -- The Bund 25 -- Old City 71 -- French Concession 89 -- People's Square 155 -- Nanjing Road 169 -- Pudong 199 -- North 241 -- West 277 -- Shanghai Environs 285 -- Glossary 298 -- Shanghai Architectural Styles 308 -- Shanghai Architects 310 -- Street names,...
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney : Watermark Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"The transformation of Shanghai over the last few decades is breathtaking. At one point a third of the cranes used in the construction of high-rise buildings around the world were in Shanghai. So today the city has more skyscrapers than New York, and more than the whole of the West Coast of the United States." "In Shanghai Architecture the reader i...
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Shanghai architecture / Anne Warr.
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Notes
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Watermark architectural guides.
Includes index.
Maps on end papers.
Bibliography: p. 322-323.
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720.95113/1
Record Identifier
74VK3JLNVZod
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3JLNVZod
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ISBN
9780949284761 (pbk.)
DDC
720.951132
MMS ID
991023732319702626
