Luke Him Sau, Architect
China's Missing Modern
Luke Him Sau/Lu Qianshou (1904-1991) is best known internationally and in China as the architect of the iconic Bank of China Headquarters in Shanghai. One of the first Chinese students to be trained at the Architectural Association in London in the late 1920s, Luke's long, prolific and highly successful career in China and Hong Kong offers unique insights into an extraordinary period of Chinese political turbulence that scuppered the professional prospects and historical recognition of so many of his colleagues. Global interest in China has risen exponentially in recent times, creating an appetite for the country's history and culture. This b…
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Weitere Autoren: Denison, Edward
- ISBN: 978-1-118-44900-4
- EAN: 9781118449004
- Produktnummer: 16444390
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 88'363 KB
Über den Autor
Edward Denison is an architectural historian, writer and photographer. He has a PhD in architectural history and is the author of Building Shanghai, Modernism in China and The Life of the British Home (all published by Wiley). Edward has worked in China for many years and is now based in London where he is a research associate and teaches architectural history and theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London). Guang Yu Ren is an architect, researcher and independent consultant born and trained in China and now based in London. She has researched and published several books on architecture including Building Shanghai, Modernism in China and The Life of the British Home.
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