%0 Journal Article %T Games of history and politics – Architecture of great Chinese cities: Shanghai %A Bardzińska-Bonenberg, Teresa %J Czasopismo Techniczne %V 2015 %N Architektura Zeszyt 8-A (14) 2015 %P 5-11 %K city centre, concessions, vernacular architecture, communication, scale, form, technique, construction %@ 0011-4561 %D 2016 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/games-of-history-and-politics-architecture-of-great-chinese-cities-shanghai %X Since the beginning of the 20th century development of great Chinese cities has been influenced by foreign patterns. Houses of different types have been built among the traditional buildings. The areas of Shanghai “concessions” were built in a specific way. After the war Soviet influences were introduced. N owadays international corporations outdo one another in the height and originality of their skyscrapers.