Building Projects in China: A Manual for Architects and Engineers

Bert Bielefeld; Lars-Phillip Rusch

Published by Birkhäuser 2006

Building Projects in China

A Manual for Architects and Engineers

Bert Bielefeld and Lars-Phillip Rusch

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7905-6

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THE HANDBOOK FOR ARCHITECTS WISHING TO WORK IN THE BOOMING CHINESE MARKET

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.

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…

Author / Editor information

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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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
China as a booming market
A 1 China's economic development Bert Bielefeld and Lars-Phillip Rusch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
A 2 Changing Chinese architectural and building traditions Andreas Szesny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
A 3 "Don't kill the dragon" - urban development in China Matthias Wehrlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
The framework for building in China
B 1 Project control in China Hans-Peter Holler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
B 2 Building Law in China Christian Gloyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Planning in China
C 1 Breaking into the market and procurement Werner Silbai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
C 2 Branches in China Nikolaus Goetze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
C 3 Commercial viability of Chinese commissions Quinn Lu and Michael Pruss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
C 4 Working in Chinese planning practices: experiences Gordon Brandenfels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
C 5 "Dos - don'ts" Bert Bielefeld and Lars-Phillip Rusch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Progress reports
D 1 Planning commissions in China Bert Bielefeld and Lars-Philipp Rusch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
D 2 Von Gerkan, Marg and Partners - gmp Nikolaus Goetze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
D 3 Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects - PJAR Stephan Jentsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
D 4 Romses Architects Scott Romses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
D 5 Bruno Braun Architekten Bruno Braun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
D 6 HaiPo Architects - HPA Kerstin Hartmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201

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Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Keywords: Architekturexport; China /Architektur, Bautechnik; China /Bauwirtschaft, Baupolitik

eBook

Published: May 19, 2006
ISBN: 9783764379056

Hardcover

Published: May 19, 2006
ISBN: 9783764374167