China's Old Dwellings
by Knapp, Ronald G
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- ISBN 10
- 0824822145
- ISBN 13
- 9780824822149
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Honolulu: University of HawaiinPress, 2000. 2nd pr.. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 362 pages, b&w illustrations and photos. China's Old Dwellings is the most comprehensive critical examination of China's folk architectural forms in any language. It begins by tracing the interest in Chinese vernacular buildings in the twentieth century. Early chapters detail common and distinctive spatial components, including the interior and exterior modular spaces that are axiomatic components of most Chinese dwellings as well as conventional structural components and building materials common in Chinese construction. Later chapters examine representative housing types in the three broad cultural realms--northern, southern, and western--into which China has been divided. Knapp completes his survey with an exploration of China's old dwellings in the context of the rapid economic and social changes that are destroying so Record # 351243
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- Title
- China's Old Dwellings
- Author
- Knapp, Ronald G
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 2nd pr.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0824822145
- ISBN 13
- 9780824822149
- Publisher
- University of HawaiinPress
- Place of Publication
- Honolulu
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Architecture, China, , .
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- Architecture;
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