Luke Him Sau, architect : China's missing modern PDF
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Contents Cover Half Title page Copyright page Title page Acknowledgements A Note on Spelling Introduction: A Mirror to China Chapter 1: A Complicated Birth Luke’s Childhood International Architectural Education Notes Chapter 2: London Calling Chinese Life in 1920s London The Architectural Association Years (1927–30) The Grand Tour Notes 2 Chapter 3: Bank Building Bank Beginnings A New Home Bank of China – Shanghai Bank of China – Qingdao Bank of China – Jiangsu Province The Bank of China Head Office, Shanghai Exodus Notes Chapter 4: Architectural Retreat The Architect at War Out of the Frying Pan Architectural Strain Notes Chapter 5: Hong Kong New Beginnings Private Practice 3 Public Works Charity Architectural Ascendance Modernity’s Fate Operation Golden Age Notes Chapter 6: Luke’s Legacy Notes Luke Him Sau: List of Works Selected Reading Journals Key Search Terms Picture Credits 4 LUKE HIM SAU ARCHITECT 5 This edition first published 2014 Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Registered office John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. Wiley publishes in a variety of print and electronic formats and by print-on-demand. Some material included with standard print versions of this book may not be included in e-books or in print-on-demand. If this book refers to media such as a CD or DVD that is not included in the version you purchased, you may download this material at http://booksupport.wiley.com. For more information about Wiley products, visit www.wiley.com. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective 6 owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: while the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services and neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising herefrom. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. ISBN 978-1-118-44902-8 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-118-44897-7 (ebook) ISBN 978-1-118-44898-4 (ebook) ISBN 978-1-118-44899-1 (ebook) ISBN 978-1-118-44900-4 (ebook) Executive Commissioning Editor: Helen Castle Project Editor: Miriam Swift Assistant Editor: Calver Lezama 7 8 9 Acknowledgements History is nothing without memory. Throughout the 20th century, individual and collective memories in China have been uniquely interrupted, obscured and fragmented. Only recently have these fragments started being pieced together, creating a clearer, richer and more vibrant picture not only of China’s recent past but also of the myriad global interconnections that have been overlooked or forgotten. Among the most abundant sources of these fragments are family archives of key personalities who played a role in China’s first encounter with modernity in the first half of last century. This story of Luke Him Sau could not have been told without the broadmindedness and munificence of his family, most notably his son, Dr Luk Shing Chark, and his granddaughter, Luk Men-Chong, who have so generously supported this research and made publicly available Luke’s professional and personal archive. Thank you also to the valuable inputs of Luk Men-Ching. Without their contribution and commitment, this single fragment of architectural history could not have been told. Other families too have contributed important information and material that further support our thesis that China’s encounter with architectural modernity was not one caused by a single monolithic movement emanating from a mythical core, as conventional histories would have us believe, but was uniquely multifarious and multi-directional. We are extremely grateful to Lin Ci Brown, the granddaughter of the architect Yang Tingbao, and his son, Yang Shixuan, and applaud their efforts to create a museum to this great Chinese architect in Nanjing. We are indebted 10
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