Building Shanghai’s Dreamworld: Architects and Elite Ballroom Designs of the 1920s and 1930s

Abstract Using historical records from the period including newspapers and architectural journals, this paper examines seven ballrooms built in Shanghai between the 1920s and 1930s. These ballrooms were all designed by leading architects and reflect their ambitions and visions in creating fantastica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrew Field
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:Built Heritage
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/BF03545742