Grand Theater Urbanism Chinese Cities in the 21st century /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Xue, Charlie Qiuli (Editor)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Human geography.
Architecture > History.
Sociology, Urban.
Human Geography.
Architectural History and Theory.
Urban Sociology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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