Articles for Chinese Architecture

Fostering an awareness of 20th-century architectural heritage
4 days ago

Fostering an awareness of 20th-century architectural heritage

China Daily  

Part of the stepped garden residence complex on the North China University of Technology campus. Still in use, Lyu's project was inscribed on the fourth batch of Chinese 20th-century architectural heritage sites, co-presented by the Chinese Cultural Relics Society and the Architectural Society of China in 2019. To keep up with the international trend of studying and safeguarding 20th-century architectural …

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Students inspired by Shanxi history, culture
4 months, 1 week ago

Students inspired by Shanxi history, culture

China Daily  

The flank of a Shang Dynasty bronze wine vessel called Xiaoyou, which is dubbed the ancient version of an Angry Bird and is collected at Shanxi Museum. CHINA DAILY Keen interest As most of the students are Malaysian-Chinese, they have a keen interest in Chinese history and culture, and other aspects relating to their ancestral roots. She said she is …

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Artist Lian Da preserves Chinese architecture using pen and ink
1 year ago

Artist Lian Da preserves Chinese architecture using pen and ink

China Daily  

Lian Da creates a black-and-white illustration of ancient Chinese architecture in Shanxi province. In the past 23 years, Lian Da has traveled throughout Shanxi province to create over 2,500 black-and-white illustrations of ancient Chinese architecture using only a pen. Whenever he has free time, Lian travels to Shanxi and tries to explore more remote areas, searching for ancient buildings that …

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Building nostalgia
1 year, 11 months ago

Building nostalgia

China Daily  

From 2019 to 2021, Ju Anqi traveled around the country with his team to make Lou, which features historical and modern architecture and more than 50 architects, scholars and experts. For Ju Anqi, a Chinese filmmaker, a chance to visit the Visions du Reel International Film Festival, a leading non-fiction film event in Nyon, Switzerland, in 2009, led to a …

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Building nostalgia
1 year, 11 months ago

Building nostalgia

China Daily  

From 2019 to 2021, Ju Anqi traveled around the country with his team to make Lou, which features historical and modern architecture and more than 50 architects, scholars and experts. It was March 2019 and he went to the former site of the Sino-French University in Beijing along with a teacher of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who introduced …

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Building nostalgia
1 year, 11 months ago

Building nostalgia

China Daily  

From 2019 to 2021, Ju Anqi traveled around the country with his team to make Lou, which features historical and modern architecture and more than 50 architects, scholars and experts. For Ju Anqi, a Chinese filmmaker, a chance to visit the Visions du Reel International Film Festival, a leading non-fiction film event in Nyon, Switzerland, in 2009, led to a …

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Nature in urban setting
2 years, 8 months ago

Nature in urban setting

China Daily  

The Red Brick Art Museum in Beijing and the Suzhou Museum in Jiangsu province are two fine examples of how the age-old landscape art of classical gardens are revived for modern life. Through his artworks and garden designs, Shao has prompted enduring questions about the ultimate pursuit of life, eternity and human existence itself, just like people centuries back in …

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Building on tradition
3 years, 2 months ago

Building on tradition

China Daily  

A model of the 1,400-year-old Zhaozhou Bridge is one of the major exhibits at the commemorative exhibition of Liang Sicheng, "the father of modern Chinese architecture". Exhibition celebrates Liang Sicheng, pioneer of modern Chinese architecture, Lin Qi reports. The show, which is being held at the Tsinghua University Art Museum in Beijing through Oct 20, to observe the 120th anniversary …

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Building on tradition
3 years, 2 months ago

Building on tradition

China Daily  

A model of the 1,400-year-old Zhaozhou Bridge is one of the major exhibits at the commemorative exhibition of Liang Sicheng, "the father of modern Chinese architecture". Exhibition celebrates Liang Sicheng, pioneer of modern Chinese architecture, Lin Qi reports. The show, which is being held at the Tsinghua University Art Museum in Beijing through Oct 20, to observe the 120th anniversary …

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Building on tradition
3 years, 2 months ago

Building on tradition

China Daily  

Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin traveled in Europe in 1928. Liang Sicheng's passion for old buildings is integrated with a devotion to decoding the architectural grammar of Yingzao Fashi and to understanding the underlying aesthetics and philosophical views. Su, the exhibition curator, says this gift from his father played a critical role in Liang Sicheng's career orientation, as he gradually …

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Building on tradition
3 years, 2 months ago

Building on tradition

China Daily  

A model of the 1,400-year-old Zhaozhou Bridge is one of the major exhibits at the commemorative exhibition of Liang Sicheng, "the father of modern Chinese architecture". Exhibition celebrates Liang Sicheng, pioneer of modern Chinese architecture, Lin Qi reports. The show, which is being held at the Tsinghua University Art Museum in Beijing through Oct 20, to observe the 120th anniversary …

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Glaze glory of Forbidden City
3 years, 6 months ago

Glaze glory of Forbidden City

China Daily  

Glazed decorations in the Forbidden City reflect the intricate beauty of ancient Chinese architecture. Thanks to the glaze, called liuli in Chinese, which decorates the doors, roofs and walls, more colors are visible in the Forbidden City, China's former imperial palace, also known as the Palace Museum. "The Forbidden City marks an apex of glaze in China after thousands of …

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Exhibition links Chinese architecture to Italy
3 years, 6 months ago

Exhibition links Chinese architecture to Italy

China Daily  

The branch venue of Venice Architecture Biennale in Xuanen county, Hubei province. The exhibition designed to draw attention to the architectural culture of Tujia villages around the world opened on May 21 in Pengjiazhai, Xuanen county, Hubei province. Titled Lianghekou: A Tujia Village of Reliving Together is a parallel exhibition unit of the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, synchronized with the …

Exhibition Chinese Architecture Tujia Xuanen County
Exhibition links Chinese architecture to Italy
3 years, 6 months ago

Exhibition links Chinese architecture to Italy

China Daily  

The branch venue of Venice Architecture Biennale in Xuanen county, Hubei province. The exhibition designed to draw attention to the architectural culture of Tujia villages around the world opened on May 21 in Pengjiazhai, Xuanen county, Hubei province. Titled Lianghekou: A Tujia Village of Reliving Together is a parallel exhibition unit of the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, synchronized with the …

Exhibition Chinese Architecture Tujia Xuanen County
Docuseries to be screened on all media platforms
3 years, 8 months ago

Docuseries to be screened on all media platforms

China Daily  

Starting from April 19, a documentary about four architect masters – Mao Yisheng, Liang Sicheng, Yang Tingbao and Zhan Tianyou, will be released on major provincial TV stations around China, as well as streaming media platforms. The series is Century Masters is China's first large-scale biographical documentary series focusing on outstanding masters in the 20th century, and has been listed …

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