Comments on: REPORT FROM BEIJING 4: Big and Empty (1) http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/report-from-beijing-4-big-and-empty-1/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:22:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Charlie 阿理 http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/report-from-beijing-4-big-and-empty-1/#comment-6323 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:06:18 +0000 http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/?p=10037#comment-6323 ‘Big and empty’ precisely describes the state of many monumental buildings in Chinese cities, where the municipal leaders crazily drives to ‘big and spectacular’, regardless of finance and actual usage. There are several books talking on this topic, for example, Building a Revolution: Chinese architecture since 1980, Hong Kong University Press, 2006; World Architecture in China, Joiint Publishing Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.

]]> By: betamagellan http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/report-from-beijing-4-big-and-empty-1/#comment-6013 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:11:53 +0000 http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/?p=10037#comment-6013 One question/nitpick—are you sure this was once the Military Museum? I don’t remember the Military Museum being so big and empty—if anything, it was cluttered with dioramas of the revolution, armaments, and socialist classicist ornamentation. Maybe was it formerly the Museum of the Chinese Revolution…

No matter, I loved the analysis and am looking forward to the next installments.

]]> By: Bob http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/report-from-beijing-4-big-and-empty-1/#comment-6003 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:41:17 +0000 http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/?p=10037#comment-6003 love the blog- always really interesting- we want more! : )

]]>