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Amazing Shanghai showcases the signature buildings of the cosmopolis. Architecturally Chinese or Western, they symbol-ize tradition as well as modernity. The moment I open the book, they catch my eyes with a splendour that is dazzlingly tangible.
——CHENG Naishan, Shanghai writer
Architecture features musical stillness; music, architectural mobility. Shanghai is so magnificent and powerful a ymphony that in it, we hear the highest note of our Time.
——CHEN Xieyang, celebrated conductor
A stroll along the Bund provides you with a stupendous view of an array of colossal buildings in various Western styles. With
time-mottled facades and undulating outlines, the buildings become a huge oil painting that delineates the passion and ambi-
tion of their begetters.
——SHI Dawei, vice-president of China Artists Association, president of Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy
Amazing Shanghai accounts, in the parole of architecture, the past of Shanghai since it was opened to the world outside as a port city. Yu Garden, Nanjing Road, the Bund, Xintiandi, Pudong, the Crown of the East.they tell us where Shanghai has been and where it is going.
—— LI Tiangang, Shanghai historian, the author of Culture Shanghai
內容簡介
The stunning city of Shanghai has a rich and varied history and nowhere is this better reflected than in its amazing architecture. All across the city, the buildings tell a story whether it's the culture of the old folk houses, the grandeur of the 1920's towers when Shanghai boasted the Number One city in the Far East, or the thriving modern towers now driving economic growth. It's the sensitive blend of history, culture and the contemporary that make Shanghai a world class metropolis today.
This souvenir edition celebrates the splendour of Shanghai. Six spectacular pop-ups, all technically accurate, reflect the variety of the city:
Yu Garden with its 400 years' history has a strong flavour of old Shanghai
Nanjing Road where trade has flourished since the 1920's.
The Bund with ils grand towering buildings combining styles from across the world.
Xintiandi scenically beautiful reflects lhe historical and cultural features of the city.
Jinmao Tower symbolises the confident, modern nature of the city.
China Pavillion Shanghai's newest building represents all the hope for the fulure.
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編者:(英國)凱茲·皮佳瑪斯工作室