Diversity in the Great Unity - Regional Yuan Architecture

The first in-depth English-language work to present regional traditions of Chinese architecture based on a detailed study of the timber construction system. Lala Zuo presents case studies of twenty buildings along the Yangtze River built during the Yuan, often considered a transitional phase in Chinese architectural history.

About the author

Lala Zuo is assistant professor of Chinese at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.

Summary

The first in-depth English-language work to present regional traditions of Chinese architecture based on a detailed study of the timber construction system. Lala Zuo presents case studies of twenty buildings along the Yangtze River built during the Yuan, often considered a transitional phase in Chinese architectural history.

Product details

• Authors: Lala Zuo
• Assisted by: Ronald G Knapp (Editor), Ronald G. Knapp (Editor), Xing Ruan (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780824877316
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7731-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 257 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 726 g
• Series: Spatial Habitus: Making and Me; Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia's Architecture; Spatial Habitus: Making and Me
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture