LEADER 04000nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910817203503321 005 20240516051318.0 010 $a1-283-09763-X 010 $a9786613097637 010 $a0-226-70982-5 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226709826 035 $a(CKB)2560000000072810 035 $a(EBL)686261 035 $a(OCoLC)721194464 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521307 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12186577 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521307 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10523362 035 $a(PQKB)10412635 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC686261 035 $a(DE-B1597)524685 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226709826 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL686261 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468513 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309763 035 $a(PPN)22573706X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000072810 100 $a20100730d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuilding globalization $etransnational architecture production in urban China /$fXuefei Ren 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-70981-7 311 $a0-226-70980-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $ach. 1. Space, capital, and global cities : an introduction -- ch. 2. Transnational architectural production : firms, cities, trends -- ch. 3. Architecture, media, and real estate speculation -- ch. 4. History cosmopolitanism, and preservation -- ch. 5. Olympic spectacles, critical architecture, and new state spaces -- ch. 6. The power of symbol. 330 $aFrom the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. Combining ethnographic fieldwork, historical research, and network analysis, Building Globalization closely scrutinizes the growing phenomenon of transnational architecture and its profound effect on the development of urban space. Roaming from construction sites in Shanghai to architects' offices in Paris, Xuefei Ren interviews hundreds of architects, developers, politicians, residents, and activists to explore this issue. She finds that in the rapidly transforming cities of modern China, iconic designs from prestigious international architects help private developers to distinguish their projects, government officials to advance their careers, and the Chinese state to announce the arrival of modern China on the world stage. China leads the way in the globalization of architecture, a process whose ramifications can be felt from Beijing to Dubai to Basel. Connecting the dots between real estate speculation, megaproject construction, residential displacement, historical preservation, housing rights, and urban activism, Building Globalization reveals the contradictions and consequences of this new, global urban frontier. 606 $aArchitecture and globalization$zChina 606 $aUrban renewal$zChina 606 $aCity planning$zChina 610 $aarchitecture, construction, china, urban, globalization, transnational, beijing, shanghai, space, ethnography, fieldwork, paris, dubai, basel, activism, development, politics, architects, sociology, peking, soho, jianwai, commune, newtown, preservation, cosmopolitanism, sales, history, xiaobao, demolition, displacement, compensation, relocation, olympics, birds nest, state power, city, nonfiction. 615 0$aArchitecture and globalization 615 0$aUrban renewal 615 0$aCity planning 676 $a307.1/2160951090511 700 $aRen$b Xuefei$01697177 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817203503321 996 $aBuilding globalization$94077687 997 $aUNINA