![]() That’s according to Qingyun Ma, head of USC’s architecture school, who explains the dilemma the copycat architecture presents to the Chinese intelligentsia.īut it’s not just traditional architecture that’s being copied. Some, like last year’s Pritzker Prize winner Wang Shu, are on a quest to create buildings that draw on Chinese traditions while being unabashedly modern. The copying mania in China is not embraced by all architects there. ![]() The term “contemporary Chinese architecture” conjures up imagery of hyper-modern steel-and-glass showpieces like the CCTV building designed by Rem Koolhaas or the Bird’s Nest constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. But, for patrons who can afford it, a very different kind of new architecture is currently being constructed in China-buildings that look like they were transplanted from a Parisian arrondissement or an Austrian village.īianca Bosker, Executive Tech Editor for Huffington Post, spent time in China researching the country’s architectural nostalgia and has just published a book about her findings entitled Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in Contemporary China, which explores this concept of “duplitecture.” Copycat Architecture in Contemporary China ![]()
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