Xing Ruan has been Professor of Architecture at the
University of New South Wales since 2004. A scholar of
international standing, his books include: Allegorical Architecture
and Topophilia and Topophobia (co-editor). He is co-editor, with
Ronald Knapp, of the book series Spatial Habitus: Making and
Meaning in Asia's Architecture published by the University of
Hawai'i Press. Xing has published on architecture and anthropology,
architectural education, Louis Kahn, and modern and contemporary
architecture in China and Australia.
Xing's books have received both critical acclaims from academic
journals and enthusiastic appraisals from the mainstream media. His
essays have appeared in some of the world's leading academic
journals, such as the Journal of Society of Architectural
Historians. Xing has also contributed, as a critic, to professional
architectural journals in Australia and China. In 2011, he won the
Third Prize of UIA (the Union of International Architects)
International Competition: research papers in Architecture and
Urban Design.
"The illustrated New China Architecture surveys China's
contemporary architectural highlights, such as the incredible
"Watercube" - the swimming center being built in Beijing for the
2008 Olympics." --Conde Nast Traveller
"A diverse parade of designs is featured throughout." --Library
Journal
"Xing Ruan unpacks the conceptual and historical complexities that
are entangled within modern Chinese architectural and discusses the
lack of attention it has received from the West." --Architecture
Australia
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