Chinese Houses: the Architectural Heritage of a Nation
Despite the relentless social, economic, and political turmoil of loja the past two centuries, fine preco examples of domestic ronald g. knapp architecture have survived loja in China, some in Chinese Houses: the Architectural Heritage of a Nation a complete form, others a vestigial echo of an earlier grand state, Scattered throughout the venda country are exquisite examples of escritor traditional dwellings.
Smaller numbers ronald g. knapp of once-dilapidated houses venda have been salvaged by Chinese Houses: the Architectural Heritage of a Nation being adaptively reused, beautifully renovated, and tastefully furnished in traditional style, thus reinvigorating them as preco modern residences. Chinese Houses focuses submarino on twenty well-preserved ronald g. knapp traditional homes, presenting preco example from various metropolitan Chinese Houses: the Architectural Heritage of a Nation areas throughout China as well as rural example found in Anhui, Fujiian, Guangdong, Henan, Jiangxi, escritor Shanxi, Sichuan, and Zhejiang.
For each autor home, extensive captions, ronald g. knapp including background information escritor and historical context, accompany Chinese Houses: the Architectural Heritage of a Nation the photographs and plans. Introductory essays examine Chinese dwelling as an architectural type and provide submarino an overview of the rich barato regional variety of ronald g. knapp Chinese dwelling forms submarino and historical evolution of Chinese Houses: the Architectural Heritage of a Nation dwelling types still seen today. Richly illustrated with photographs, woodblock prints, historical images, and line autor drawings, Chinese Houses portrays an premiado architectural tradition of ronald g. knapp amazing resilience.
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