The Architectural Guide China is a travel book which, detailing cities primarily located on China?s eastern coast. These cities?such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong?have become centers for forward-thinking urban design and architecture. The guide offers maps, drawings, photographs, historical background, and essays describing Chinese architecture at all scales ? ranging from small temples to the organization of major metropoli.

A traditional siheyuan in Pingyao (p. 389), now operating as a hostel. Image © Evan Chakroff

The Architectural Guide China is a travel book which, detailing cities primarily located on China?s eastern coast. These cities?such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong?have become centers for forward-thinking urban design and architecture. The guide offers maps, drawings, photographs, historical background, and essays describing Chinese architecture at all scales ? ranging from small temples to the organization of major metropoli.Based on the authors' experiences of directing study abroad trips throughout the country, Evan Chakroff, Addison Godel, and Jacqueline Gargus, have carefully curated a selection of contemporary architectural sites while also discussing significant historical structures. Each author has written an introductory essay, each of which contextualizes the historical and global socioeconomic influences, as well as the stylistic longevity of the chosen sites in this book. One such essay, by Chakroff, has been made ava...