The Twenty Lectures on Ancient Chinese Architecture (Illustrated Collector's Edition) (Illustrated Collector's Edition)

Author: Lou Qingxi
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: From Wanshiyuan to Tian Shan Mongolian Yurts, from the Forbidden City to Lijiang Residential Buildings, from Potala Palace to Miao Ethnic Group's Jiajiao Lou, join Professor Lou Qingxi on a cultural journey through ancient architecture--listen as Professor Lou explains in detail why timber-framed houses remain standing even when walls collapse, the mechanical principles behind flying eaves and dougong brackets, the color coordination of stone houses, and the scientific application of feng shui theory to siheyuan, imperial mausoleums, ancestral halls, Buddhist pagodas, archways, and huabiao. After reading Twenty Lectures on Chinese Ancient Architecture, you'll gain far more than just a magnificent visual journey! In September 1999, General Editor Dong Xiuyu from Beijing Joint Publishing House came to Tsinghua University's School of Architecture to invite me to write a book titled Twenty Lectures on Chinese Ancient Architecture as part of their "Twenty Lectures" series. In recent years, although I have written books on palace architecture and its culture for non-architecture majors, I have never written a comprehensive monograph on Chinese ancient architecture. This prompted me to reflect on the writing of this book.
The relationship between architecture and the public has always been very close. People's work, study, rest, and recreation are all inseparable from buildings. They always live in spaces defined by architecture, naturally forming their own likes and dislikes and opinions about buildings. This is no different for ancient architecture. Through on-site visits and tours, or by reading at home...