Blending China and West to Create Chinese New Architecture:Liou KiPaul’s “Art Architecture”and its Interpretation
Zheng Hongbin
Abstract：Taking Liou KiPaul and his“Art Architecture” as research objects, this paper is different to other related researches which depended more on his design of West Lake Expo. This paper pays more attention to his concept design before West Lake Expo and his design practice after West Lake Expo. The former shows more about his design theory and method, the latter makes more sence on the respect of practice. And then, by using Himmelstein’s way of reading theoy and through answering seven questions such as:What is Art Architecture? How it comes into being? What is its purpose? How to achieve this aim? Who are the supposed audiences? How this idea presented and disseminated? How are the affection, evaluation and influence?, this paper intends to get a comprehensive interpretation about Liou KiPaul and his“Art Architecture”.
Keywords：Liou KiPaulArt Architec-tureProgressInterpretationBlending China and WestChinese New Architecture
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 77-85 )