Machine generated contents note: BEAUTY AND INTEREST IN ARCHITECTURE -- Transformation and Rethinking: Renovation of Courtyards at Caochang Hutong -- A Celebration of Vernacular Architecture: Nverzhai Resort Hotel in Enshi Grand Canyon -- Factory and Farm in One: Industry Area of Tongli Garment Co., Ltd. -- The Beauty of Structures: Phoenix Wedding Hall -- NON-CONVENTION AND NON-ARCHITECTURE -- An Unfinished Story: Renovation of Guangzhou East Railway Station -- The Dynamism of Architecture: Exhibition Centre at the Jiaxing Innovation Campus -- An Urban Spectacle: Fangshan Line Subway Stations -- East or West: Western Regions' Ecological Environment Research Centre -- HISTORY: THE STORY TOLD IN ARCHITECTURE -- Design with Heritage: Conservation of the �Thousand Buddha Cliff' -- History & Identity: Renovation of South Gate City Wall, Xi'an -- Black Box: Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army.

Note continued: Post-Industrial Renewal: Renovation of the Factory Beside Tianning Temple (First Stage) -- From Industrial Site to the Olympics: The 2022 Winter Olympics Plaza -- Celebrating the Glory of the Past: Renovation of Shougang Blast Furnace Museum -- THE AESTHETICS OF ARCHITECTURE -- A Snowfield Flagship and Culture Carrier: Northeast Asian Culture and Art Museum -- Hidden Treasure Deep in the Mountain: Da'an Temple -- Small Architecture, Poetic Landscape: Guilin Wanda Cultural Tourism Exhibition Centre -- Neo-Orientalism: Xinzhudongfang Exhibition Centre -- THE SYSTEMS APPROACH: MEGA ARCHITECTURE -- The Hybrid of Architecture in Dalian: Neusoft International Software Park -- A Blossom Valley in Snow Mountains: Ice Sports Centre for the 13th National Winter Games -- A Mega Urban Complex: Hangzhou International Expo Centre -- A Landmark for the Culture and Art in Central China: Zhengzhou Grand Theatre.

The book is a collection of 22 architectural projects in China exhibited as 'Rise of the Orient', an exhibition held in the Florence Design Week 2017. Critics/architects from the Western world are invited to give comments on each project designed by contemporary Chinese architects. Each project is illustrated with high-resolution images, drawings, sketches, and statements by the architects, presented in a way to best manifest the conception and realisation of the design ideas. 00Exhibition: Florence Design Week, Italy (14.-18.06.2017)