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Vanishing Tradition: Architecture and Carpentry of the Dong Minority of China.

Vanishing Tradition: Architecture and Carpentry of the Dong Minority of China.

$50.00

Zwerger, Klaus.

Cl. New York, 2006

Book ID: 70395

The first book in any Western language to focus on the unique wooden architectural tradition of the Dong minority peoples of the rugged mountainous regions of south-western China. Both residential and public buildings are described and analyzed and all types of structures are illustrated in many striking black and white images.

212 pp., 239 duotone plates, 12 plans and line drawings.