China's Old Dwellings

by Ronald G. Knapp

China's Old Dwellings is the most comprehensive critical examination of China's folk architectural forms in any language. It and its companion volume, China's Living Houses: Folk Beliefs, Symbols, and Household Ornamentation, together form a landmark study of the environmental, historical, and social factors that influence housing forms for nearly a quarter of the world's population. Both books draw on the author's thirty years of field-work and extensive travel in China as well as published and unpublished material in many languages.

Genres: Architecture, China

362 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

Reviews

[Diva · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very in depth guide to the Vernacular China,Art,History, Culture and of course, Architecture. Beautiful.

[Ronald Knapp · Rating 5 out of 5]

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