Public facilities and environmental art pieces

Author: Xie Bingman
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: Based on the author's long-term experience in architectural design, this book draws on the essence of Chinese and foreign design from ancient to modern times, following the philosophy of "human-centered design." It advocates for "revering nature and expressing nature." The author explores and argues in depth and accessible ways on various aspects, including public facilities to small art pieces, design concepts to expression techniques, spatial layout to functional use, overall coordination to individual modeling. Combined with numerous outstanding historical and modern examples from both China and abroad, the book provides insightful discussions. Most of the sketches in the book are personally drawn by the author, reflecting their profound artistic skills.