Chinese Vernacular Architecture

Luo, Zhewen. Luo Zhewen lishi wenhua mingcheng yu gujianzhu baohu wenji/ 罗哲文历史文化名城与古建筑保护文集 [Essays on Preservation of Historic Cities and Ancient Architecture]

Fang, Ke. Contemporary Redevelopment in the Inner City of Beijing: Survey, Analysis and Investigation, Beijing: Zhongguo jianzhu gongye chubanshe, 2000.

Wu, Liangyong. Rehabilitating the Old City of Beijing: a Project in the Ju’er Hutong Neighborhood, Vancouver: UBC Press, 1999.

Wang, Jun. Cheng Ji/城记 [Tale of the City], Beijing: Shenghuo dushu xinzhi sanlian shudian, 2003.

The Disappearing ‘Asian’ City: Protecting Asia’s Urban Heritage in a Globalizing World, ed. Logan, William S. Logan. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Marshall, Richard. Emerging Urbanity: Global Urban Projects in the Asia Pacific Rim. London; New York: Spon Press, 2003.

Lai, Guolong, Demas, Martha and Agnew, Neville. “Valuing the Past in China: the Seminal Influence of Liang Sicheng on Heritage Conservation.” Orientations, vol.35, no.2, pp. 82 – 89, April 2004.

D’Ayla, Dina, and Wang, Hui. “Structural Preservation of Chinese Architectural Heritage: A Critical Appraisal of the ‘China Principles’ and the ‘Structures Principles’.” Journal of architectural conservation, vol.12, no.1, pp. 53-70, March 2006.

Liang, Sicheng. Collected Works of Liang Sicheng [Liang Sicheng Wenji] 4 vols. Beijing: Zhongguo jianzhu gongye chubanshe, 1982 – 1986: 4. with the following articles:

“Discussions on Keeping or Destroying the City Wall of Beijing,” 46 – 50.

“Beijing: An Unparalled Masterpiece in City Planning,” 51 – 66.

“Our Nation’s Architecture,” 104 – 158.

Liang, Sicheng, Chen, Zhanxiang. “Proposal on the Location of the Central People’s Government Administrative Center [Guanyu zhongyang renmin zhengfu xingzheng zhongxinqu weizhi de jianyi],” 1 – 61.

Liang & Chen’s Proposal and Beijing, ed. Wang Ruizhi. Shenyang: Liangning jiaoyu chubanshe, 2005.

Chang, Wen-ying. “Saving Old Peking: The Past Recaptured.” Arts of Asia, 13. 5 (September 1983): 91-95.

Jackson-Stops, Gervase. “Little Portugal In China: Conservation In Macau.” Country life 181. 3 (Jan.1987): 60-63.

Cody, Jeffrey W. “Heads or tails? The Preservation of Western-style Buildings in China.” CRM: [bulletin], 19. 3 (1996): 23, 26-28.

Conservation Planning of 25 Historic Areas in Beijing Old City, ed. Beijing Municipal City Planning Commission. Beijing: Yanshan Chubanshe, 2002.

Abramson, Daniel Benjamin. “The Aesthetics of City-scale Preservation Policy in Beijing.” Planning Perspectives 22.2 (April 2007): 129 – 166.

— “Beijing’s Preservation Policy and the Fate of the Siheyuan,” Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review 13.1 (2007): 7 – 22.

— “Marketization” and Institutions in Chinese Inner-city Redevelopment: A Commentary of Lu Junhua’s Beijing’s Old and Dilapidated Housing Renewal,” Cities 14. 2 (1997): 71 – 75.

Zhu, Zixuan. “Preservation and Redevelopment In Beijing,” Habitat Intl. 15.3 (1991): 133 – 138.

Yi, Deng, Shuji Funo and Tsutomu shigemura. “A Study on the Block Formation and Its Subdivision into the Housing Lots in the Inner City of Beijing: An Analysis of Qianlong Jingcheng Quantu, Map of the Capital City of Qianlong Period (1750),” Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 1.2 (Nov. 2002): 209 – 217.

ICOMOS Charters:

The Venice Charter (1964).

Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China, English language text (2002).

Principles for the Preservation of Historic Timber Structures (1999).

Principles for the Analysis, Conservation and Structural Restoration of Architectural Heritage (2003).

Charter on the Built Vernacular Heritage (1999).