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	<title>Chinese Vernacular Architecture &#187; Historic Preservation</title>
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		<title>Disappearing vernacular architecture &#8211; Beijing Hutongs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wencheng Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was back in Beijing for about six weeks this summer, and things were getting worse. Whole neighborhoods of hutongs (traditional Beijing alleyways) are still being demolished, ancient residences gone, while new building projects are under way. Below are some pictures I took outside of the Qianmen area (almost right in the heart of old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Suzhou&#8217;s Vernacular Architecture &#8211; Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wencheng Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his preservation work on the city of Suzhou, Professor Ruan sets out by providing a historic contextualization of the city, by examining its current economic, political, and social status, and the character of the city as determined by its historic and cultural significance in relation to its architectural heritage. In this case, the canal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Suzhou&#8217;s Vernacular Architecture &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wencheng Yan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This series of posts are taken from a paper I wrote earlier this year about the practical aspect of historic preservation of Chinese vernacular architecture. It takes the city of Suzhou as a case study, and focuses specifically on Professor Ruan Yisan&#8217;s work on the city. Ruan Yisan (b. 1934) is former Professor of Urban [...]]]></description>
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