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 internationa
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Grand Theater Urbanism Chinese Cities in the 21st century
Grand Theater Urbanism “In ‘Grand Theater Urbanism’, Professor Charlie Xue and his team document China’s current shift towards a culture of consumption and leisure, symbolized by the construction of multi-use Grand Theaters in major cities. ‘Grand Theater Urbanism’ reveals the unexpected variety and complexity of this contemporary cultural drive in a series of exemplary chapters with highly detailed, local, case studies.” —Professor David Grahame Shane, Columbia University, New York “Jane Jacobs likened city life to a performance. This book goes a stage further and analyses the actual performance spaces within cities in China. In doing so it makes a valuable connection between urban design and the cultural life in cities. This is an important and often forgotten dimension of urbanism and I heartily commend this book to readers.” —Professor Matthew Carmona, The Bartlett, University College London
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Preface
A construction boom has swept through China since the 1980s, and landmark buildings are constantly emerging and frequently achieving new records. After the Shanghai Grand Theater was completed in 1998 and construction of the National Performing Art Center (“The Duck Egg”) in Beijing began in 1999, cultural mega-structures sprang up like mushrooms throughout
