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Chinese Houses: A Pictorial Tour of China's Traditional Dwellings

Chinese Houses: A Pictorial Tour of China's Traditional Dwellings

Chinese Houses: A Pictorial Tour of China's Traditional Dwellings

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Congzhou, Chen et al. Chinese Houses: A Pictorial Tour of China's Traditional Dwellings

Shanghai Press 2010

Book ID: 84798

This comprehensive guidebook of Chinese residential architecture introduces a fascinating selection of Chinese houses from every region of the country in beautiful detail-never-seen photographs and illustrations. Here is a sweeping introduction to the diverse architecture from the stately and ordered four-sided courtyard house of Beijing to the case dwellings of Henan, from the wind-swept adobe houses of Kashi to the portable yurts of Mongolia. Wide in scope, this book covers all the main architecture styles of China, with a special focus on the residences of ethnic minorities.

336 pp. color illus. Cl.