M8 in China

Architecture

ISBN: 9783868590258
English/German edition
Jovis Verlag
Hardcover, 160 pages
21 x 29,7 cm
colour
August 2009
€26,41 (excl. VAT)

M8 in China

Contemporary Chinese Architects

Peter Cachola Schmal, Zhi Wenjun Ed(s)

M8 in China shows a surprising range of work by contemporary Chinese architects. This publication presents eight private, flexibly operating offices of a completely new generation, whose works reveal some fascinating connections between tradition and the Western avant-garde. Almost all the designs are characterised by great sensitivity towards regional and historical references, while simultaneously integrating traditional techniques of craftsmanship and modern know-how. Whether it is an artists’ hostel demonstrating exciting interplay between volume and empty space and light and shadow, or a museum with a facade made of bamboo-clad concrete like a massive artificial cliff, or a tea-house at the foot of a mountain with a traditional wooden roof and regional slate walls; all 24 selected projects represent impressive evidence of the high quality of a new Chinese architectural language that has long established its approach within the global context.