Architectural encounters with essence and form in modern China
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Author
Contributions
- Kuan, Seng - Contributor
Publication
2002 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
71,750 words, Guess
Page Count
287 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15357462M
- ISBN-10026218219X
- OCLC Control Number48265632
- Library of Congress Control Number2001054624
- Goodreads2123192
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- LibraryThing1193562
Classifications
- LCCNA1545 .R68 2002
- LCCNA1545.R68 2002
Description
"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 should be considered modern and essentially Chinese. Ti and yong have gone through various transformations - for example, from "Chinese learning for essential principles and Western learning for practical application" to "socialist essence and cultural form" and an almost complete reversal to "modern essence and Chinese form.""--BOOK JACKET.
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