China has become the largest construction market in the world, attracting countless architects and urban planners from the West. However, it is not easy for western experts on this foreign construction site'nor is it easy for the Chinese experts they work with. In the process of intercultural planning and doing business, their different cultural and social backgrounds lead to many misunderstandings and problems.
Chinese architect Xin Lu, who studied in China and Germany, and is currently working in a German architectural office on a Chinese construction project, has created this handbook based on interviews and conversations with architects, urban planners, and academics from Europe and China, as well as with Chinese clients. Five chapters deal with, for example, the difference between east and west in terms of communications, or conceptual and working methods employed in the process of creating designs or in business. This volume is full of valuable advice, which will lead to better intercultural cooperation.