TY - JOUR TI - Games of history and politics – Architecture of great Chinese cities: Shanghai AU - Bardzińska-Bonenberg, Teresa TI - Games of history and politics – Architecture of great Chinese cities: Shanghai AB - 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. VL - 2015 IS - Architecture Issue 8-A (14) 2015 PY - 2016 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 5 EP - 11 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/games-of-history-and-politics-architecture-of-great-chinese-cities-shanghai KW - city centre KW - concessions KW - vernacular architecture KW - communication KW - scale KW - form KW - technique KW - construction