Beauty and the East: New Chinese Architecture Shop Local and featuring in-depth scholarly writing

and featuring in-depth scholarly writing by curators and specialists from diverse fields — including Peter Brunt

A new revised and edited softcover edition

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Included in the new publication are:

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Beauty and the East: New Chinese Architecture Shop Local and featuring in-depth scholarly writingThe transformation of China in the past three decades has been spectacular. Now a cultural and economic player on the world stage, its rise has also given air to a new generation of architects and designers. China previously looked to the West for architectural references, today they are moulding a new design expression which fuses centuries of local tradition with idealistic design. This title presents the home grown talent shaping this new aesthetic