The author has done on-site research at almost every site mentioned in the book. Many of the 476 illustrations are the author's own photographs. Many of the sites and ...

Chinese Imperial City Planning is the first synthesis of what is known from textual and archaeological evidence about every Chinese imperial capital, from earliest times to the ...

Chinese Architecture and the Beaux-Arts examines the coalescing of the two major architectural systems, placing significant shifts in architectural theory and practice in China ...

The Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources—all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume—of ...

A comprehensive and authoritative study of Chinese architecture from Neolithic times to the late-19th century. Six of China's greatest architectural historians have joined with ...

The author examines 27 ancient architectural monuments from the Song Period (960-1279), when attempts were made to formalize and standardize the construction of public ...

A groundbreaking book by one of the world's leading historians of Chinese architecture Translated by Alexandra Harrer. Fu Xinian is considered by many to be the world's leading ...

This book presents a thematic discussion of architectural history and city planning, with a focus on the issues of ideas, methods and techniques in the context of the culture ...

Built around three sacred springs, the Jin Shrines complex (Jinci), near Taiyuan in Shanxi province, contains a wealth of ancient art and architecture dating back to the ...