Commune by the Great Wall, 2002 Venice Biennale, Asian Architecture, Fine w/DVD

长城腳下的公社: 中囯第一个被邀请参加威尼斯双年的建筑 (Chang cheng jiao xia de gong she: Zhongguo di yi ge bei yao qing can jia Weinisi shuang nian de jian zhu) (Commune by the Great Wall: For the First Time Ever, Architecture from China Has Been Invited to Attend La Biennale di Venezia)
ISBN:
7805639671
Author:
Shi Jian (Editor)
Publisher:
The Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Press
Release Date:
2002
Seller Category:
ARCHITECTURE
Qty Available:
1
Condition:
Used: Excellent
Sku: 01595
Notes: Fine, 4to, 9 1/2" x 11 1/4." Text in Chinese and English (not bilingual). Black paper wrappers with red-foil lettering on front and spine. Covers have light rubbing, minuscule wear to extremities, and a few small wrinkles near bottom edge on back, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Original DVD in paper sleeve tipped in on inside of front cover. DVD may need a special DVD player to play properly. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with printed color photographs of architecture. 193 pp., including illustrations. A beautiful catalog about the _Commune by the Great Wall_, a project that showcased examples of contemporary architecture in China and the twelve Asian architects who designed them. The front cover also describes the project as thus: "A private collection of contemporary architecture exhibited at the 2002 la Biennale di Venezia, awarded by a special prize. Its exhibition model has been collected by the Centre Pompidou, Paris, as its first permanent collection from China." _Commune by the Great Wall_, as indicated by the front cover's text, won the 2002 Venice Biennale's "Special Prize." The project was composed of twelve buildings designed by twelve different architects. Each of the buildings was perched on the hillsides near the Great Wall of China. The architects were Gary Chang (Hong Kong), Shigeru Ban (Japan), Cui Kai (China), Rocco Yim (Hong Kong), Chien Hsueh-Yi (Taiwan), Antonio Ochoa (China), Kengo Kuma (Japan), Kanika R'kul (Thailand), Kay Ngee Tan (Singapore), Nobuaki Furuya (Japan), Yung Ho Vhang (China), and Seung H-Sang (South Korea). Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.