Dr. Peter Cookson Smith

Broschiertes Buch

Shaping Canton

The Mountains are High and the Emperor Far Away

Beschreibung

The book takes as its starting point the city of Canton, at the heart of the most populous built-up metropolitan area in Mainland China, and a city that has for several centuries held a central position with regard to economic, social, and physical change in the country.

Autor

Dr. Peter Cookson Smith is an architect, urbanist, and founder of the URBIS consultancy in Hong Kong, which has operated throughout Asia for more than forty years. He is a former professor of architecture and former president of Hong Kong's Institutes of Planning and Urban Design. He is the author of six previous books on cities and urban design, including his three most recent publications, with ORO Editions, Seeking Savannah (2018), An Enterprising Path to Barrio Chino (2019), and After Dante (2020).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oro Editions
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 232mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1144g
• ISBN-13: 9781954081642
• ISBN-10: 1954081642
• Artikelnr.: 62798226