Architectural Guide China is a unique travel guidebook that presents up-to-date insight into the rich architectural histories in Eastern China's megacities, which continue to create widespread impact through rapid urbanization, population growth, and the consequential effects on the natural environment.

In this volume of Architectural Guide, authors Evan Chakroff, Addison Godel, and Jacqueline Gargus give an architectural overview of nine major urban sites in mainland China as well as Hong Kong and Macau. If you're planning a trip to any of those places, this book can definitely come in handy.

Thanks to DOM-publishers, Archinect is giving away Architectural Guide China to three of our readers!

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"The 'Reform and Opening' era affected these metropolises in different ways and has influenced the existing structures of dynastic capitals, trade centers, former European colonies and discovery areas. 

The volume contains 620 relevant sites, from which 238 projects are discussed at length and are illustrated with photographs and drawings. Three introductory essays about the tendencies in contemporary architecture, local Chinese traditions in architecture and art, and on modernity examine contemporary architecture within its historical, political and social context."

"A full chapter is dedicated to each of the 11 megacities, with historical and morphological analyses that identify key themes of growth and change, which are inherent in each of these cities in different ways.

If you're traveling in China, the guidebook is supplemented with handy historical maps and background information. The projects also provide GPS data that are valid in China, as a way to facilitate the search for objects while on location."

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For a closer look into the book, check out: Touring China's past, present, and future: an examination of "Architectural Guide China"