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Shenzhen

Architectural Guide
Series: Architectural Guide
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Shenzhen explores one of China's most dynamic and youthful metropolises, a city born in 1978 under Deng Xiaoping's pioneering economic reforms. This book introduces over 150 key buildings and locations that define Shenzhen's rapid growth from a small town to a bustling business, port, and green city with 12.5 million residents.
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Ideal for readers interested in urban development, modern Chinese culture, architecture, and economic transformation.

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One of China's great metropolises—a boomtown without a past and hungry for the future.

Founded only in 1978 as one of the first Special Economic Zones under Deng Xiaoping's reforms, Shenzhen with its 12.5 million inhabitants is a young city. It's also a business city, a port city, and a green city.

Shenzhen introduces more than 150 relevant buildings and places that constitute the physical palimpsest of modern China's most famous town of foundation.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783869222653

Publisher: DOM Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: DOM Publishers

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by Domenica Bona

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 245.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Domenica Bona is an Italian PhD architect with a variegated experience in design and research. After graduating from Domenica Polytechnic of Milan, she studied in Shenzhen and Rome. Recognised with the INU Award in 2018, her doctoral thesis investigates the concept of 'Chinese-ness' in contemporary Chinese cities’ images. She is currently a lecturer at TU Berlin’s China Centre where she teaches architecture and urban history in contemporary China.

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