Ultra-Modernism: Architecture and Modernity in Manchuria
Synopsis:With over forty carefully chosen images, Ultra-Modernism: Architecture and Modernity in Manchuria is the first book in English that illustrates Manchuria’s encounter with modernity through its built environment. Edward Denison and Guangyu Ren take readers through Russia’s early territorial claims, Japan’s construction of the South Manchuria Railway (SMR), and the establishment of Manchukuo in 1932.
ISBN:9789888390502
Language:English
Author:Edward Denison and Guangyu Ren
Author Biography:Edward Denison is an architectural historian and photographer based in London, where he is lecturer in architectural history and theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Guangyu Ren is an architect and researcher based in London.
