Living Design: The Daoist Way of Building

Mitchell, C. Thomas; Wu, Jiangmei

ISBN 10: 0070429758 / ISBN 13: 9780070429758

Published by McGraw-Hill, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living Design: The Daoist Way of Building
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070429758
• ISBN 13: 9780070429758
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • ARCHITECTURE

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Synopsis

Mitchell and Wu explore the possibility of creating a new, living philosophy of design in the West using Daoist principles such as feng shui and "green design."
Mitchell warns that architects cannot simply import Chinese architecture, or even Daoist philosophy, wholesale from Asia. He does suggest, however, that rethinking and re-imagining Western architecture along Daoist lines is an exciting and innovative way out of the sterility and irrelevance of much of modern and postmodern building design.

About the Author

C. Thomas Mitchell is a tenured professor in the interior design program at Indiana University and director of the Center for Design Process, a research lab exploring innovative, user-responsive approaches to design.