The Tao of Architecture

by Amos Lh Tiao Chang

Frank Lloyd Wright first noted the affinity between modern Western architecture and the philosophy of the ancient Chinese writer Laotzu. In this classic work, Amos Ih Tiao Chang expands on that idea, developing the parallel with the aid of architectural drawings and Chinese paintings. Now with a new foreword by David Wang, this book reveals the vitality of intangible, or negative, elements. Chang writes that these qualities make architectonic forms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691175713
• ISBN13: 9780691175713
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"