Since the mid-1990s, when China allowed its architects to practice
independently from government run design institutes, a new kind of
architecture, distinguished by unique regional characteristics, has
emerged.
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China Dialogues is a rigorously selected collection of insightful
interviews that the book's author Vladimir Belogolovsky has conducted
with 21 leading Chinese architects during his extensive travels in
China. At the time when so many buildings that are being built around
the world are no longer rooted in their place and culture, the leading
Chinese architects succeeded collectively in producing a unique
architectural body of work that could not be confused with any other
regional school. The interviews are accompanied by 190 photographs and
drawings of beautifully executed projects built throughout China since
the early 2000s. China Dialogues opens up the thinking process of the
country's top architects, as they share their ideas, insights,
intentions, and visions in unusually revealing and candid ways. The book
includes a foreword by photographer Iwan Baan, author's introduction,
and 21 interviews, including with Wang Shu of Amateur Studio, Yung Ho
Chang of Atelier FCJZ, Xu Tiantian of DnA_Design and Architecture, Dong
Gong of Vector Architects, Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, Li Xiaodong,
Zhu Pei, Liu Jiakun, Atelier Deshaus, Li Hu of Open Architecture,
Neri&Hu, Wang Hui of URBANUS, and Zhang Ke of ZAO/
standardarchitecture.
