Chinese Contemporary Architectural Record

Beautiful China: Planning and Design for Characteristic Towns demonstrate demonstrates to the readers the development of characteristic towns in China through theoretical analysis and excellent cases. Characteristic towns can be categorised as ecological tourist towns, historical and cultural towns, agricultural and tourist towns, industrial towns, and health and well-being towns, with unique features in their topography, culture, construction and ecological significance. Through exquisite pictures, drawings and detailed design descriptions, this book provides a thorough analysis of the design background, inspiration, design concept, design process and final effect of the characteristic towns. It can bring inspirations to professional designers, investors and relevant professionals.