RESEARCH ARTICLE

A chronology of the field of modern Chinese architectural history, 1986–2012

  • Yishi Liu
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  • School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received date: 19 Nov 2012

Accepted date: 30 Jan 2013

Published date: 05 Jun 2013

Copyright

2014 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

The research of modern Chinese architectural history formally started in the mid-1980s and the first conference held in 1986 in Beijing marks the establishment of the field. Over the past 26 years, this emerging field has developed fast and steadily. As a result, thirteen biennial conferences have been held since 1986, and academic products of various forms with over ten million characters have been published. This article surveys the development of modern Chinese architectural history as a field of scholarly inquiry in China and outlines some of keystone events in the past 26 years. It also charts out how some key concepts of the field, such as timeline, geography and research approaches have been evolving over time. The article introduces some of the most significant studies in modern Chinese architectural history from the middle 1980s to the present.

Cite this article

Yishi Liu . A chronology of the field of modern Chinese architectural history, 1986–2012[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2013 , 2(2) : 191 -208 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2013.01.002

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