Book Review: The Social Imperative: Architecture and the City in China, Edited by Koon Wee Actar Publishers

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  • Myrto (Petunia) Exacoustou Architect – Researcher, MSc AAS-the Bartlett/UCL, WSE Member, Ministry of Culture, Greece

Keywords:

Koon Wee, China, Urbanism, Architecture, Ekistics

Abstract

This review looks at The Social Imperative: Architecture and the City in China, a collection of critical essays and manifestos aimed at enhancing the discourse on contemporary Chinese architecture and urbanism. In particular, it introduces the voices of Chinese architects, urbanists and intellectuals who are themselves central to this discourse.

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2023-06-06 — Updated on 2024-04-26

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Exacoustou, M. (Petunia) . (2024). Book Review: The Social Imperative: Architecture and the City in China, Edited by Koon Wee Actar Publishers. Ekistics and The New Habitat, 82(1), 108–109. Retrieved from https://www.ekisticsjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/658 (Original work published June 6, 2023)

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Vol. 82 No. 1 (2022): Special Issue: Ekistics-related Research in Greece (Part 1 of 3): A Critical Approach to the Ekistics Legacy: Dedicated to Panayis Psomopoulos (1926-2017)

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