Chinese Architecture History (Includes CD-ROM)

Author: Pan Guxi
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The book is divided into three parts: Ancient Chinese Architecture, Modern Chinese Architecture, and Contemporary Chinese Architecture. Each part provides an overview of development trends while focusing on chapters dedicated to urban construction and various types of architecture. The section on ancient architecture is more substantial, offering systematic and comprehensive content, with dedicated chapters on the characteristics of timber structures and Qing-style architectural techniques. The modern and contemporary architecture section emphasizes general discussions on architectural development and analyzes typical examples, giving readers a complete and specific understanding of the evolution of modern Chinese architecture. To provide readers with richer and more visual information, the book is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing approximately a thousand color photographs of important examples of ancient architecture.