Archive for June, 2007
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The Art of Chinese Architecture: An Illustrated History
This is something I wrote last year. I thought I’d share it. The Art of Chinese Architecture: An Illustrated History (Yitao Xu – pictured right – 2002) presents the development of the Chinese architectural system, as well as the social and technological conditions that have sustained Chinese architecture over the last 4,000 years. Among colorful ...
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A Chinese vernacular architecture trip log – Diary entries from Summer 2004
These are some diary entries that I made when traveling in southwesternChina’sSichuanProvinceand Chongqingin the summer of 2004. On this three-week trip, I mainly traveled by bus over dirt roads or by boat on the Yangzi River to a dozen remote ancient villages, the oldest of which was 1400 years old. The simplicity, practicality and elegance ...