Diversity in the Great Unity: Regional Yuan Architecture

by Ronald G. Knapp, Lala Zuo, Lala Zuo Associate Professor

Timber-framed architecture has long been viewed as an embodiment of Chinese civilization, a hierarchic society ruled by Confucian orthodoxy. Throughout its history, Chinese architectural design was closely regulated by court-enforced building codes, which created a highly standardized and modularized system. In Diversity in the Great Unity--the first in-depth English-language work to present regional traditions of Chinese architecture based on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824877314
• ISBN13: 9780824877316
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.1"