Liu Yan

Woven Arch Bridge (eBook, PDF)

Histories of Constructional Thoughts

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the woven arch bridge, the book traces histories of the bridge in different cultures, investigates Chinese cases and gives insights into its typology and evolution and differences between East Asian and European bridges. The author argues that the bridge's existence in different cultures is evidence of a kind of "universal uniqueness".

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000223385
• Artikelnr.: 60490013

Autorenporträt

Liu Yan , an architectural historian, earned the degree of Doktor-Ingenieurin Bauforschung (Building Archaeology) from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is a Member of the Koldewey-Gesellschaft and a Junior Fellow at the Society of Fellows in Liberal Arts, Southern University of Science and Technology and now works as a lecturer at Kunming University of Science and Technology, China.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part 1 Woven Arch Bridges: Three Stories 2. From Caesar to
Da Vinci 3. A Full Moon in another Land 4. Searching for the Chinese Wooden
Arch Bridges Part 2 Woven Arch Bridges in Southeast China 5. Introduction
to Part 2 6. Building A Woven Arch Bridge: Local Knowledge 7. The Rulong
Bridge: A Detective Story 8. Technique and Craftsmen Part 3 Conclusion 9.
Rethinking the Histories of Woven arch Bridges