Abstract: | Experimental architecture in China began in the 198OS, influenced by the cultural industry, especially the "' 85 New Wave" movement in contemporary art. However it stayed only on a verbal level due to social poverty and the constraint of a Nationalist design style. 1996, US-educated Chang Yung Ho returned to China and realized the Beijing Xishu Book House - signifying the birth of Chinese experimental architecture. Contemporary architecture at that time seeking for the quality of design. referred to a modern architectural style, different from a Nationalist style, |