Asia

A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture: Past, Present, Future examines the impact of Chinese philosophy on China's historic structures, as well as on modern Chinese urban aesthetics and architectural forms.

By combining illustrations with timelines and graphics to explain complex ideas, the book is accessible to any student seeking to understand contemporary Japanese architecture.

Describes the various technological, political and social developments that shaped one building type - the bungalow - contemporaneous to the development of modern Indian history during the period of British rule and its subsequent aftermath. This book also examines what it meant to be modern in Indian society as the twentieth century evolved.

Rewritten and edited vision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Nottingham, 2013).

Originally published: Tokyo: New York: Kodansha International, 1985.

"Impeccably written, erudite ... likely to remain the standard work on the subject."--Kyoto Journal

Trope Hong Kong, the third installment in a series highlighting the world's most architecturally compelling cities, is a highly curated collection of photographic images from an active community of urban photographers who have passionately captured their city like never before.