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Architectural Encounters with Essence and Form in Modern China
Architectural Encounters with Essence and Form in Modern China
Author: Peter G. Rowe, Seng Kuan
Built around snatches of discussion overheard in a Beijing design studio, this book explores attitudes toward architecture in China since the opening of the Treaty Ports in the 1840s. Central to the discussion are the concepts of ti and yong, or "essence" and "form," Chinese characters that are used to define the proper arrangement of what shoul...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262182195
ISBN-10: 026218219X
Publication Date: 4/15/2002
Pages: 301
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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