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Building Projects in China

A Manual for Architects and Engineers

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Bert Bielefeld
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  2. Lars-Phillip Rusch
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  • First and only comprehensive overview of planning export in the booming Chinese market
  • Practical, with field reports by architects building in China
  • From the popular practical series Building Projects in…

Part of the book series: Building Projects (BUILDPROJ)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-9
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  2. China as a booming market

    1. China’s economic development

      • Bert Bielefeld, Lars-Phillip Rusch
      Pages 11-13

    2. Changing Chinese architectural and building traditions

      • Andreas Szesny
      Pages 14-26

    3. “Don’t kill the dragon” — urban development in China

      • Matthias Wehrlin
      Pages 27-40

  3. The framework for building in China

    1. Project control in China

      • Hans-Peter Holler
      Pages 43-58

    2. Building Law in China

      • Christian Gloyer
      Pages 59-85

  4. Planning in China

    1. Breaking into the market and procurement

      • Werner Sübai
      Pages 89-98

    2. Branches in China

      • Nikolaus Goetze
      Pages 99-102

    3. Commercial viability of Chinese commissions

      • Quinn Lu, Michael Pruss
      Pages 103-109

    4. Working in Chinese planning practices: experiences

      • Gordon Brandenfels
      Pages 110-114

    5. “Dos — don’ts”

      • Bert Bielefeld, Lars-Phillip Rusch
      Pages 115-120

  5. Progress reports

    1. Planning commissions in China

      • Bert Bielefeld, Lars-Philipp Rusch
      Pages 123-124

    2. Von Gerkan, Marg and Partners — gmp

      • Nikolaus Goetze
      Pages 125-137

    3. Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects — PJAR

      • Stephan Jentsch
      Pages 138-154

    4. Romses Architects

      • Scott Romses
      Pages 155-170

    5. Bruno Braun Architekten

      • Bruno Braun
      Pages 171-181

    6. HaiPo Architects — HPA

      • Kerstin Hartmann
      Pages 182-197

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 201-208
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About this book

Building Projects in China is the first publication on the book market to give a comprehensive overview of the planning activities of foreign architects in China. This practical handbook outlines legal framework conditions, introduces the Chinese building market, and gives practical descriptions of the execution of projects on site. To complete the picture, international planning firms share their experience on projects of the most various sizes and types in China. What makes projects in China so challenging is the tension between the traditional, historical planning environment of an Asian big city and a modernity that is in many ways already ahead of the Western world.

Interest in the Chinese building and planning market has been steadily growing for many years. Now, for the first time, a repository of knowledge as exhaustively researched as this one is finally available.

About the authors

Dr. Bert Bielefeld is an architect and assistant professor at Universität Dortmund. He did research and earned his doctorate in the field of architectural export. Lars-Phillip Rusch is an architect and research associate of the faculty of civil engineering at Universität Dortmund.

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