World's Classic Residential Design of the 20th Century

Author: China Academy of Building Research
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The original draft of this book was serialized in the former Urban Housing magazine. Later, it was published by an academic press in London and became a best-selling English edition. This version combines the funding report from the Residential Construction Association with the author's subsequent explorations. The book is built upon this diverse foundation. The housing of the 20th century is very interesting. Because the essence of architecture is closely linked to the essence of the era. The author focuses on this subject and summarizes it as: in the West, it developed from centrality (traditional) → centrifugality → homogeneity → anti-homogeneity; in Japan, it evolved from openness (traditional) → enclosure → planar openness → spatial openness. This perspective is essentially a critique of the attitude that attempts to explain architectural history through social history, as well as the attitude that defines the essence of architecture as a timeless truth. From this, the author establishes his own stance. Readers of this book are strongly advised to pay attention to the above viewpoints. If you can find something meaningful from the book's beginning and end in asking questions about architecture, that would be a great honor.