The spectacular transformation of China in the last decade is symbolized by its architecture. The hooming cities are evolving at a speed that is hard to comprehend, and their skylines have seen a profusion of architectural styles. China's new wealth and an invasion of Western culture have created a dynamic environment for architecture and construction. This heady push to prosperity has excited and seduced architects from around the globe, who have grasped this unique Opportunity to produce remarkahle desions.

The spectacular transformation of China in the last decade is symbolized by its architecture. The booming cities are evolving at a speed that is hard to comprehend, and their skylines have seen a profusion of architectural styles. China's new wealth and an invasion of Western culture have created a dynamic environment for architecture and construction. This heady push to prosperity has excited and seduced architects from around the globe, who have grasped this unique Opportunity to produce remarkahle desions. New China Architecture seizes this moment in time. It documents the stunning designs of famed international architects and the emergence of local Chinese architecture. The selected projects cover a broad range.., skyscrapers in Shanghai, puhlic buildings in Beijing and Guangzhou, innovative private houses such as those at the Commune by the Great Wall, as well as gleaming new airports, theatres and university buildings throughout China. Renowned architects whose Chinese projects are featured in the book include Norman Foster, Paul Andreu, Riken Yamamoto, Steven I loll, Rein Konlhaas and OMA, Zaha lfadid, PTW, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Arata lsozaki and Pei CohhFreed. Local Chinese architects include Liu liakun, Yung Ho Chang, MADA spam, Cui Kai and Zhu Pei. The book is written byXing Ruan, who is uniquely qualified to provide an overview of China's recent architectural emergence. Selected unbuilt projects are depicted hy computer rendering, s, and each huilt project is illustrated with original drawings and by all new photography hy Patrick Bingham-Hall.

  8    A HUNDRED FLOWERS

    Discerning the 'Good' in China's Modern Architecture

 32  Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing

    Foster and Partners

 38  Jianwai SOHO Beijing R/ken Yamamoto; Field Shop;

    C+A; Mlkan; Beijing New Era Architectural Design; Beijing

   Dongfang Huatai Architecture and Engineering

 46  National Grand Theatre Beijing PaulAndreu

 52  National Institute of Accountancy Beijing QiXin

 56  China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters

   Beijing Rem Koolhaas and OMA

 62  798 New Art District Beijing

 66  Beijing Books Building Beijing Rem Koolhaas and OMA

 72  'Watercube' National Swimming Center Beijing

   PTW Architects; China State Construction Engineering Corporatic

   Arup Group

 78  Pingod (Apple) Sales/Art Gallery Beijing Atelier FCJZ

 82  Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

   Beijing Cui Kai, Beijing Municipal Architectural Design Institute

 86  Gediao Sales Office wang Hui

 90  Looped Hybrid Housing Beijing Steven Hell

 94  Commune by the Great Wall Shui Guan

 96  Cantilever House Commune by the Great Wall, Shui Guan

   Antonio Ochoa-Piccardo

 98  Bamboo Wall House Commune by the Great Wall

   Shui Guan Kengo Kuma

102  Suitcase House Commune by the Great Wall, Shui Guan

   Gary Chang

106  Shared House Commune by the Great Wall, Shui Guan

   KanlT~a R'KUl

110  Airport House Commune by the Great Wall, Shui Guan

   Chien Hsueh- Yi

114  "See" and "Seen" House Commune by the Great Wall,

   Shui Guan Cui Kai

1 18  Split House Commune by the Great Wall, Shui Guan

   Yung Ho Chang, Atelier FCJZ

122  The Clubhouse Commune by the Great Wall, Shui Guan

   Seun.q H-Sancl

124  Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai

   Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

128  Jinmao Tower Shanghai Skidmore Owings and Merrill,"

   East China Architectural Design and Institute

132  Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai

   Paul Ar~dreu

138  Shanghai Opera House Shanghai Arte Charpentier et

   Associes

142  China Europe International Business School

   Shanghai Pei Cobb Freed and Partners

146  Jiushi Corporation Headquarters Shanghai

   Foster and Partners

150  Building C, College of Architecture and Urban

   Planning, Tongji University Shanghai Zhang Bin andZhou

   Wei, Tongji University Research and Design Institute of Architecture

158  Tongji University Library Remodelling Shanghai

   Wu Jie and Tongji University Architectural Design Institute

162  Xintiandi Shanghai Wood and Zapata; Nikken Sekkei; Tongji

   University Architectural Design and Research Institute; Skidmore

   Owings and Merrill

168  West Lake Southern Line Pavilions Hangzhou

   Zhang Zi and Zhang Ming, Original Design Studio

174  Tiantai Museum Tiantai Wang Lu

180  Wenzheng College Library Suzhou Wang Shu, Amateur

   Architectural Studio; The Architectural Design and Planning

   Institute of Suzhou Construction Group

182  Ningbo Campus Library, Zhejiang University

   Ningbo MADA spam

188  Ningbo Urban Museum Ningbo MADA spam

194  Laowaitan Ningbo MADA spam

200  Guangzhou International Exhibition Center Guangzhou

   ASX Japan; The Architectural Design and Research Institute of South

   China University of Technology

204  Guangzhou Opera House Guangzhou Zaha Hadid

208  Shenzhen Cultural Center Shenzhen Arata Isozaki

214  Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering,

   Shenzhen University Shenzhen Gong Weimin

220  Office of Planning and National Land Resources

   Shenzhen Zhu Pei

226  He Douling Studio Chengdu Liu Jiakun

230  Luyeyuan Stone Sculpture Museum Chengdu Liu Jiakun

236  Index

238  Acknowledgments