Research by the Institute of Chinese Architecture: PhD Monographs on Chinese Urban Planning, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture

Author: Cui Yong
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book attempts to conduct a comprehensive and systematic specialized study of the Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture (Chinese Architecture Society) based on relatively detailed textual historical records, physical evidence, and oral history materials. From the perspective of the evolution of academic thought, it employs the integration of historical and logical methods, as well as oral history research, striving to achieve mutual verification and complementarity among documents, empirical evidence, and oral accounts. It fully recognizes the glorious achievements of the Chinese Architecture Society and its members in advancing the development of Chinese architectural history. At the same time, it points out the strengths and weaknesses of the society in academic research and rational examination, restoring the historical phenomenon to its original form and giving the Chinese Architecture Society its due historical position and evaluation. This provides a valuable historical reference for the in-depth development of future Chinese architectural history research. The innovations primarily lie in: reflecting on the study of Chinese architectural history from the perspective of academic thought, striving to identify the logical starting point of 20th-century Eastern architectural research as an extension of Chinese architectural history; in research methods, it fully utilizes conventional historical and logical unification methods while supplementing them with the new method of oral history research, aiming to enrich the content of modern Chinese architectural history. This book is suitable for architecture students, postgraduate students, teachers, and architectural history researchers for study and reference.