The Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture - Softcover

Guo, Qinghua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1876907193 ISBN 13: 9781876907198

Publisher: Images Publishing Dist Ac, 2006

Synopsis

Details of vernacular Chinese architecture have long fascinated the West. This book, illustrated with the superb line drawings of Dr Qinghua Guo, contains the English description and explanation of these often complex and wonderful details. Accompanying the descriptions is the correct Chinese calligraphic transcript. Dr Guo spent six years assembling this masterful work, and as a result has created a 'must' for anyone with an interest in all things Chinese. The book describes Chinese architecture and building processes, explains why Chinese buildings look the way they do, and features the directions given in twelfth century building rules book known as the Yingzao Faschi.

About this title

About the Author:

Quinghua Guo is Lecturer in Asian Architecture in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Images Publishing Dist Ac
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1876907193
• ISBN 13: 9781876907198
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160