Vernacular Dwellings - Earth Dwellings, Cave Dwellings and Shiheyuan Compound

Author: Wang Qijun;
Language: English
Format: 2012-05
Page: 199
Publication Date: 09/2012
ISBN: 9787112141142
Publisher: China Construction Industry Press
Series: The Excellence of Ancient Chinese Architecture
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The sophistication of ancient Chinese architecture gives it a special place within the architecture of the world. There are magnificent imperial palaces，solemn and breathtaking imperial tombs，mysterious sacrificial and ancestral altars and temples as well as a variety of vernacular dwellings of natural simplicity. Religious buildings are dotted about the country， with a riotous profusion of Buddhist， Taoist and Islamic temples or mosques. On top of all these， city walls and fortifications， civic buildings for miscellaneous purposes are rich in variety and form impressive landmarks. The exceptional series offers wide coverage of themes pertaining to all aspects of Chinese architecture and is unrivaled both for its extensiveness and accuracy as well as for the presentation of the material.

About Author

王其钧，Born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, in 1954, Wang Qijunbegan his professional studies at the Department of FineArts, Nanjing Art College, later obtained his master'sdegree from the Department ofArchitecture, ChongqingCollege ofArchitectural Engineering. He used to be aneditor with the China Architecture & Building Press, buthas, since graduating from Nanjing Art College, alsobeen a painter, many ofhis works for which he has beenawarded a number of prizes been shown at exhibitionsboth on a national and provincial level. A number of hispaintings have appeared in Fine Arts and other journals.His monograph, Chinese Vernacular Dwellings,examines the type, layout, structure, workmanship andaesthetics of these buildings. Drawings in traditionalstyle accompany the text. The author has later onwritten another book on the subject, Chinese TraditionalDomestic Architecture, and recently had a number ofpapers published in the following journals: Architects,Architectural Journal, Fine Arts and Studies on FineA rts, among others.