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A 108-meter high Eiffel Tower rises above Champs Elysées Square in
Hangzhou. A Chengdu residential complex for 200,000 recreates
Dorchester, England. An ersatz Queen’s Guard patrols Shanghai’s
Thames Town, where pubs and statues of Winston Churchill abound.
Gleaming replicas of the White House dot Chinese cities from Fuyang
to Shenzhen. These examples are but a sampling of China’s most
popular and startling architectural movement: the construction of
monumental themed communities that replicate towns and cities in
the West. Original Copies presents the first definitive chronicle
of this remarkable phenomenon in which entire townships appear to
have been airlifted from their historic and geographic foundations
in Europe and the Americas, and spot-welded to Chinese cities.
These copycat constructions are not theme parks but thriving
communities where Chinese families raise children, cook dinners,
and simulate the experiences of a pseudo-Orange County or Oxford.
In recounting the untold and evolving story of China’s
predilection for replicating the greatest architectural hits of the
West, Bianca Bosker explores what this unprecedented experiment in
“duplitecture” implies for the social, political,
architectural, and commercial landscape of contemporary China. With
her lively, authoritative narrative, the author shows us how, in
subtle but important ways, these homes and public spaces shape the
behavior of their residents, as they reflect the achievements,
dreams, and anxieties of those who inhabit them, as well as those
of their developers and designers. From Chinese philosophical
perspectives on copying to twenty-first century market forces,
Bosker details the factors giving rise to China’s new breed of
building. Her analysis draws on insights from the world’s leading
architects, critics and city planners, and on interviews with the
residents of these developments.
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Imprint: |
University of Hawaii Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2013 |
Firstpublished: |
2013 |
Authors: |
Bianca Bosker
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Dimensions: |
233 x 189 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
208 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8248-3606-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8248-3606-5 |
Barcode: |
9780824836061 |
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