Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre

PES-Architects

Falk Jaeger author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:JOVIS Verlag

Publishing:15th Dec '26

£36.00

This title is due to be published on 15th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre cover

With the construction of the new Strait Culture and Art Center SCAC, the capital of the eastern Chinese province of Fujian has made its mark on the map of China's cultural locations. The Finnish firm PES Architects Pekka Salminen designed the ensemble of opera house, concert hall, multifunctional hall, museum, and multiplex cinema, which opened in 2 8, in the form of a shining white jasmine blossom, the symbolic flower of the city on the Min River. Yet the architects referred to Chinese traditions not only on a symbolic level: they also used locally produced porcelain tiles and bamboo for the façades and interior fittings. The Berlin-based architectural critic Falk Jaeger describes the development of this ensemble and the working methods of the firm, which has offices in Helsinki and Shanghai. Photographs by the London architectural photographer Marc Goodwin give a picture of the cultural temple.

ISBN: 9783868596083

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

144 pages

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