Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years tells the dramatic story of the transformation of Chinese architecture from a predominantly modular, timber-frame, single-story building system with ceramic tile ...

Liu Jiakun. Image © Tom Welsh for The Hyatt Foundation:The Pritzker Architecture Prize In an interview with ArchDaily, they summarise their design practice as 'the ...

The Shadowless Church in Chengdu, China, designed by Shanghai Dachuan Architects, merges French-inspired elegance with modern ...

Liu also said he tries to balance his country’s artistic and architectural heritage with the realities of modern technology. “I think China’s traditional architecture is of course brilliant and very ...

The Pritzker jury, in its statement, applauded what it called Liu's "reverence for culture, history and nature, chronicling time and comforting users with familiarity through modern interpretations of ...

In other words, elements of traditional architecture must be reinterpreted for functional, modern use, not used as tributes ...

While synthesising the political economy and socio-cultural transformations of the commune system, this research aims to provide the first systematic account of the architecture of China’s people’s ...

It inspired him to innovate. By combining traditional craftsmanship with modern manufacturing techniques, he streamlined ...

Throughout its 46-year history, architecture’s most prestigious prize has often been won by icon-builders: the apparent lone geniuses who imprint their visions, signature-like, on the world.