Architecture Asia: Renovation and Innovation, Asia 9781864709636 New+-

Architecture Asia: Renovation and InnovationAuthor(s): Architects Regional Council Asia\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Australia\nImprint: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781864709636, 978-1864709636\nSynopsis\nArchitecture Asia, as the official journal of the Architects Regional Council Asia, aims to provide a forum, not only for presenting Asian phenomena and their characteristics to the world, but also for understanding diversity and multiculturalism within Asia from a global perspective.\n\nThis issue reveals how old buildings can be updated to realise innovation through renovation, and features three essays and eleven projects that elaborate this perspective. The three essays discuss regenerative architecture in Pakistan that create contemporary examples of traditional architecture, the revitalisation of old buildings in Hong Kong, China for heritage conservationalong the concept of updating the hardware and software of the buildingan.