NBBJ’s Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen is one of 78 buildings captured in 118 photos in Kris Provoost’s book Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution. Photo: Kris Provoost NBBJ’s Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen is one of 78 buildings captured in 118 photos in Kris Provoost’s book Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution. Photo: Kris Provoost
NBBJ’s Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen is one of 78 buildings captured in 118 photos in Kris Provoost’s book Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution. Photo: Kris Provoost

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Modern architecture in China by Aedas, Zaha Hadid and other star firms: is it awesome or absurd?

  • From Beijing’s Wangjing Soho to Macau’s Morpheus Hotel, a new book by Kris Provoost includes more than 100 photos of iconic buildings across China
  • Most of the projects are by Western architects, but Provoost says many are actually designed by Chinese architects who don’t get the credit they deserve

Topic |   Architecture and design
Austin Williams

Updated: 8:28pm, 19 Nov, 2019

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NBBJ’s Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen is one of 78 buildings captured in 118 photos in Kris Provoost’s book Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution. Photo: Kris Provoost NBBJ’s Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen is one of 78 buildings captured in 118 photos in Kris Provoost’s book Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution. Photo: Kris Provoost
NBBJ’s Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen is one of 78 buildings captured in 118 photos in Kris Provoost’s book Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution. Photo: Kris Provoost
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