David Wang

A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture

Past, Present, Future

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture: Past, Present, Future examines the impact of Chinese philosophy on China's historic structures, as well as on modern Chinese urban aesthetics and architectural forms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781138884618
• ISBN-10: 1138884618
• Artikelnr.: 47270919

Autorenporträt

David Wang is a Professor of Architecture at Washington State University. He holds BA and MArch degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MS Arch and PhD from the University of Michigan. Dr. Wang has lectured widely on design research methods in China and the Scandinavian countries. This current book comes out of many years of teaching a comparative course in European and Chinese philosophies and their impact on architecture and material culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part 1: Past 1. Architecture and Experience in the Chinese
Correlative View 2. Homes for Plato and Confucius 3. An Aesthetics of
Chinese Built Environments Part 2: Present 4. The Positivist Turn 5.
Chinese Architecture in an Age of Post-Structuralism Part 3: Future 6. A
Philosophy of Chinese Architecture 7. Towards an Architecture of the New
Virtualism Appendix 1: Chinese Technical Terms. Illustration Credits.
Bibliography. Index