The World Cities Series stems from the vital need to consider our urban environment in the early part of the twenty-first century. This series offers you a detailed and intelligent analysis of the state of the world's most prominent cities and their visions of the future. Each book is full of comprehensive essays, illustrations and architectural projects. Shanghai offers a captivating overview of one of the world's most fascinating cities. Documenting its historical development as well as its future promise, Alan Balfour and Zheng Shiling present insights from leading politicians, planners and architects. The book details the dynamics behind the city's phenomenal growth, the impact on its infrastructure and built environment, as well as the subtleties of dealing with existing cultural restrictions. - The latest volume in the Academy World Cities series. - An all encompassing view on this amazingly complex city. - The book's four sections cover Shanghai's past, present, future, and how it might have been. - Each section is lavishly illustrated and includes contributions from prominent players in the life of Shanghai.

Shanghai (World Cities Series)

Arts & Photography

Balfour, Alan

Shiling, Zheng

Zheng, Shiling

Architecture

Academy Editions Ltd

Over the last six years, the Hamburg firm of von Gerkan, Marg, and Partner--gmp, for short--has designed more than 100 projects for clients in China, 5 of which have been completed and 20 of which are in planning or construction stages. Preeminent among them is a city made entirely from scratch, a harbor enclave near Shanghai for 800,000 inhabitants. Lingang New City has been conceived in concentric rings around an artificial circular lake; gmp's plans show everything from a city archive to theaters and churches and convention centers fulfilling its function while retaining a distinct modern identity. Texts include Bernd Pastuschka's essay exploring the ideal city, illustrated with urban plans dating from 1493 through Le Corbusier, and an interview with Meinard von Gerkan, who cites as the biggest challenge his practice faces in China "the Gamba ceremony during every dinner, that tries to test our ability as Europeans to hold our drink."

Ideale Stadt: Reale Projekte (Ideal City - Real Projects): GMP in China

Reference

Von Gerkan, Meinhard

Pastuschka, Bernd

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Hatje Cantz Publishers

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