The Art of Remembering: Urban Memories, Architecture and Agencies in Contemporary China

Focusing on the non-Western context and case studies, this book explores theories of interdisciplinary architectural thinking and the construction of urban memory in Chinese cities, with an emphasis on contemporary architecture and the diversity of agencies.

Yat Ming Loo is Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China and Adjunct Professor at UCSI University in Malaysia. His research interests include intercultural architecture/city, postcolonial urbanism, urban memory, minority spaces and decolonising architecture. He is the author of Architecture and Urban Form in Kuala Lumpur: Race and Chinese Spaces in a Postcolonial City.

Hua Li is Professor and Deputy Director of Architectural History and Theory Research Institute, School of Architecture, at Southeast University, China. She has been interested in the relation between modernity and formation of architectural knowledge, history of modern Chinese architecture and cross-cultural practice of architecture.

Jing Xie is Associate Professor in Architecture & Built Environment, at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research interests are Chinese architecture and urbanism. His publication with Routledge also includes Heritage-led Urban Regeneration in China.

Eugenio Mangi is Assistant Professor in Architecture and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research interests are sustainable and resilient urban and rural transformations, local community engagement and participation and urban policy impact.