Artist/Designer: Zhang Bo
Project Location: Beijing, China
Style/Period(s):
Modern
Primary Material(s):
Textile
Function(s):
Government
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
20th Century
Additional Information:
Built in only ten months and completed in 1959, the Great Hall of the People is located in Bejing, and is used as both a governmental and ceremonial space for the PRC and the Communist Party.
Rowe, Peter G, and Seng Kuan. Architectural Encounters With Essence And Form In Modern China. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2002.
Hamnett, Stephen, and D. K Forbes. Planning Asian Cities. London: Routledge, 2011.
Sudjic, Deyan. The Edifice Complex. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.
Building Address
Renda Huitang W Rd, Xicheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100031
Supporting Designers & Staff
Zhao Dongri and Shen Qi are original designers
Work executed by Zhang Bo
Significant Dates
Opened as one of "Ten Great Constructions" in honor of 10th Anniversary of the PRC in 1959
Associated Projects
National Museum of China, Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Beijing Railway Station, Workers Stadium, National Agriculture Exhibition Hall, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Minzu Hotel, Overseas Chinese Hotel, and Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum.
Tags
PRC, China, Chinese Architecture, Chinese Modernism, Government Buildings, Red Star, Great Leap Forward, Ten Great Constructions
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