Detailed photos of 80 Chinese buildings feature in Kris Provoost's book Beautified China, which spotlights the country's current architectural boom.

The book is an expansion of the Beautified China photography series that Provoost revealed in 2017, in which "iconic architecture" by the likes of Zaha Hadid, MAD and Foster + Partners is depicted as abstract forms against bright blue skies.
It has been curated by Provoost for publisher Lannoo to offer an overview of China's rapid emergence as a hotspot for contemporary architecture in the past 15 years.
Beautified China features photos of 80 buildings including OMA's CCTV Headquarters
From OMA's CCTV Headquarters through to lesser-known buildings like Bernard Tschumi Architects' Exploratorium museum, the book features photos of structures in 16 different cities in China. Other projects featured in the book include Zaha Hadid Architects' Meixihu International Culture and Arts Centre, the sinuous Harbin Opera House by MAD and The Fosun Foundation by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio.
It celebrates buildings like SBF Tower by Hans Hollein & Christoph Monschein
"During the many travels through the country to document the architecture, it became clear there was a real architectural revolution going on, with an endless supply of projects of all sizes and shapes," Provoost told Dezeen.
"There are about 80 different buildings from 16 Chinese cities in the book. For me it was important to provide...