The New Oriental Style: Tradition, Transition, Modern

Pub November 2006 Thames & Hudson Limited Click on the Google Preview image above to read some pages of this book! Illustrated by Michael Freeman's photography and commentary. This volume is the first thorough-going compendium of the design revolution currently under way in the Orient. It demonstrates how imaginative architects and designers are reinterpreting time-honored styles in new and exciting forms. Using diverse imagery - from the breathtaking cityscapes of Beijing and Shanghai to the intricacy of design motifs - to convey the flavor of 21st-century Asia. The book includes work by a raft of innovative young Asian designers and architects, including Zhang Xin and her award-winning Commune by the Great Wall. Westerners will have much to learn from Oriental conceptual approaches to space, so clearly explained in this...