Building in China: Henry K. Murphy's Adaptive Architecture, 1914-1935

by Jeffrey W. Cody

Building in China is about striking an architectural balance between the pull of monumental tradition and the push of technological novelty. Centering on the dynamic period of post-imperial and pre-Communist China, the book focuses on the building and city planning initiatives of Henry Murphy, a little-known American architect who initially ventured to China in 1914 to design a campus for the Yale-in-China Program, but who then found himself captivated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622018718
• ISBN13: 9789622018716
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher