Yung Ho Chang: Atelier Feichang Jianzhu--A Chinese Practice [Paperback]

Ruan Xing (Author), Hou Hanru (Author), Gutierrez & Portefaix (Editor), Lars Lerup (Contributor), Yung Ho Chang (Contributor)

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Publication Date: August 2, 2003

Perhaps China's most internationally acclaimed architect, Yung Ho Chang is particularly concerned with architecture's role in expressing and reflecting the indigenous culture. He advocates the wide use of bamboo as a building material in Chinese urban design, as put forth in his Bamboo City, exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2000, but while he focuses attention on the changes taking place in Beijing, he is mindful of the globalizing context in which the city is developing. In the past decade, Chang and his Atelier FCJZ (fei chang jan zhu, or "unusual architecture"), which he founded in the early 1990s as Beijing's first private architectural firm, have created a wide range of intellectually provocative urban projects in China that continue to receive acclaim.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Map Book Publishers (August 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9628604058
• ISBN-13: 978-9628604050
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,875,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Chang and his firm, April 10, 2005

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This review is from: Yung Ho Chang: Atelier Feichang Jianzhu--A Chinese Practice (Paperback)

Yung Ho Chang established his architectural firm " Fei Chang Jian Zhu" in early 1990s.His most extraordinary contribution to the development of mordern Chinese architecture is that he discover a new path which fits the situation in China perfectly.
As an educator, Chang coordinates the Peking University Graduate School of Architecture and Enviromental Design, and brings some of the most advanced educational concepts to replace the old ones.

Chang's future will be bright, since I knew that he will be the next dean at MIT's Department of Architecture.I am expecting he will doing better at MIT, and contineously watching the development in China.