Big Bang Beijing. Urban Change in Beijing

Tokyo 2007 The urban landscape in Beijing is changing in a dramatic and mind boggling tempo; an urban condition may cease to exist one day only to be replaced by another completely different one in a short matter of time. This study presents a selection of categorized images, in order to tell a story about Beijing Ð a story about the mutation of different styles. Filled predominantly with coloured photographs, the book also includes short essays and contributions from various contributors including; Hiromasa Shirai, Andre Schmidt, Charles Berman and Rem Koolhaas. Japanese/English