Edward Denison

Guang Yu Ren

"Packaging today is a potent visual symbol of our 'throw-away' culture; a culture which likes its fresh fruit shrink-wrapped and every product presented in a shiny new package. Towering landfill sites, decimated forests and the ever present hole in the ozone layer, all attest to the destructive effects of the modern world's insatiable consumerist appetites. Our attitudes to packaging need to change, and to aid this process, it must be the responsibility of the designer to recognise, through a systemic approach, environmental issues at the very inception of the design idea." "This resource book explains the systems by which improvements can be made in the pre-production, manufacture and distribution of a packaging product - illustrating the results of these improvements with a collection of superb packs, the quality and efficiency of which are enough to encourage any design professional or student to start 'thinking green'."--Jacket

Thinking Green

Packaging Prototypes 3

Luke Him Sau/Lu Qianshou (1904–1991) is best knowninternationally and in China as the architect of the iconic Bank ofChina Headquarters in Shanghai. One of the first Chinese studentsto be trained at the Architectural Association in London in thelate 1920s, Luke’s long, prolific and highly successfulcareer in China and Hong Kong offers unique insights into anextraordinary period of Chinese political turbulence that scupperedthe professional prospects and historical recognition of so many ofhis colleagues. Global interest in China has risen exponentially in recenttimes, creating an appetite for the country’s history andculture. This book satiates this by providing a highly engaging andvisual account of China’s 20th-century architecture throughthe lens of one of the country’s most distinguished yetoverlooked designers. It features over 250 new colour photographsby Edward Denison of Luke’s buildings and original archivematerial. The book charts Luke’s life and work, commencing with hischildhood in colonial Hong Kong and his apprenticeship with aBritish architectural firm before focusing on his education at theArchitectural Association (1927–30). In London, Luke wasoffered the post of Head of the Architecture Department at thenewly established Bank of China, where IM Pei’s father was asenior figure. Luke spent the next seven years in the inimitablecity of Shanghai designing buildings all over China for the Bankbefore the Japanese invasion in 1937 forced him, and countlessothers, to flee to the proxy wartime capital of Chongqing. In 1945he returned to Shanghai where he formed a partnership with fourother Chinese graduates of UK universities; but civil war (betweenthe Communists and Nationalists) once again caused him and othersto uproot in 1949. Initially intent on fleeing with theNationalists to Taiwan, Luke was almost convinced to stay inCommunist China but decided finally to move to Hong Kong. There,for the third time in his life, he had to establish his career allover again. Despite many challenges, he eventually prospered,becoming a pioneer in the design of private residences, schools,hospitals, chapels and public housing.

China's Missing Modern

Luke Him Sau, Architect

Naigzy Gebremedhin

Written by experts with extensive first-hand knowledge of the city's architectural heritage, this is the first book to be published on the architecture of Asmara. It contains new photography and an extraordinary range of previously unpublished archival material, including original plans and drawings.

Africa's Secret Modernist City

Asmara

Shanghai's illustrious history and phenomenal future is celebrated in this book, which examines the evolution of the city's architecture and urban form in order to contextualise the challenges facing the city today. The physical legacies that reflect Shanghai's uniqueness historically and contemporarily are examined chronologically using specific case studies of exemplary architecture interwoven in a compelling narrative that unlocks the many mysteries surrounding this amazing metropolis. Some of the most influential colonial architecture in the world, outstanding examples of Modernism and Art Deco, and an exceptional selection of eclectic and vernacular architecture reflecting Shanghai's many adopted cultures are revealed. This is the first book ever to examine this remarkable subject in a manner that is both comprehensive and captivating in its written content and stunningly illustrated with over 300 archive and contemporary photographs and maps.

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