The tenet of the Journal
Explore the cultural context of architecture
Dig up the architectural spirit of culture
Carry forward the architectural culture of Chinese nation
Promote architectural culture exchange between China and foreign countries
The characteristics of the Journal
Authoritative: The special advisory group is made up of State Ministerial-level leadership, Academicians and the personalities in culture, architecture, cultural relic and publishing.
Professional: The Journal contains a collection of excellent design and plan works and master pieces both at home and abroad.
International: We have administrative offices in UK, America, France, Germany etc. and the Journal is also issued externally.
Referential: The Journal provides excellent design works and exploitation cases of real estate both at home and abroad to the readers for study and reference.
Distinct: Distinct from purely academic, real estate and upholster magazines, the Journal dissects the deep meaning of architectural culture from a unique angle.
Readership:
The most influential people in the field of architecture
¡ª¡ª investors in real estate
¡ª¡ª architectural designers, planners, master builders the decision makers and managers of government construction and plan at all levels
Language:
Simplified Chinese and English
The distribution of readership:
government officers, 27%; architects and designers, 40%; enterprisers, 25%; others, 8%
Area distribution:
North China, 22%; Southeast China, 27%; Northwest China, 21%; South China, 18%; Outside China, 12%
Cities distribution:
Shanghai, 8.5%; Beijing, 7.4%; Guangzhou, 6.1%; Nanjing, 5.7%; Hangzhou, 4.6%; Shenzhen, 4.3%; Tianjin, 3.8%; Wuhan, 3.6%; Chengdu, 3.3%; Xi¡¯an, 3.2%; Other cities, 49.5%
The Column Set:
The high-level decision makers and researchers in this field expound the policy orientation, dissert on the academic trends and thus provide authoritative guiding information and specialty dynamics to readers.
Urban cultural construction:
Paying attention to urban cultural construction is our historical and social responsibility and is the realistic need of upgrading and developing the urban competition. This column introduces the newest theories, practices and achievements in urban cultural construction both at home and abroad in the form of papers, interviews, dialogues and reports etc., which is supposed to talk about the diverse problems in urban cultural construction and is dedicated to construct a scientific evaluating system in Chinese urban cultural construction.
Attention:
This column focuses on the significant architectural and cultural events, typical architectural and cultural phenomena, developing tendency of the future urban architecture and the hot academic debate in this field. Also we have a series of reports on Cultural Cities. And those cities that are distinctive in urban cultural construction will be interviewed and reported as the referential cases for urban cultural construction. It is aimed to arouse people¡¯s concern and deep thinking on urban cultural construction.
Design:
We are looking forward to those architects, planners, designers and design cases paying close attention to the urban life and culture.
Scope
- Theme design exhibition
- Excellent architecture design and planning works attached with the designers¡¯ conception
- Concept plan
- Works album reflecting the latest trend in domestic design
- Design works that pay close attention to the architectural culture
- The latest thought and exploration of the vigorous young & middle-aged architects
- Admit the controversial design works
Argument:
Chinese urban construction meets the fierce cultural crash. Since the large-scale urban reconstruction focusing on demolition in 1980s and 1990s, culture has been the key word in nowadays¡¯ urban construction. How to balance between cultural heritage protection and modern urban construction, traditional culture inheriting and modern architectural creation, regional culture and international trends has been a significant problem before every city. This column will study and analyze the typical cases in urban construction and is aimed to build an exchanging platform for the decision makers and managers of urban construction, experts, planners and architects through the exchange of different opinions and different angles and provide referential help to the urban construction.
Thesis insertion:
This column is supposed to provide a platform for the new and vigorous in this field to express their latest discoveries, opinions and ideas, covering urban planning and design, architectural design, interior design and landscape design etc..
People:
Explore the cultural interest of architects and the architectural taste of the culturatis.
City record:
Record those architectural images that have disappeared or are disappearing, discover the stories and meaning of them and show the honor and disgrace of the city with these buildings.