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Article: Ancient Chinese Architecture. (Book Reviews).
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- Architectural Science Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Ancient Chinese Architecture - Defense Structures, by Qiao Yun. Vienna 2001. 186 pp., ill. Price: 106.00 Euro.
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Ancient Chinese Architecture - Vernacular Dwellings, by Wang Qijun. Vienna 2001. 184 pp., ill. Price: 106.00 Euro.
Both published by Springer Verlag, PO Box 89, A-1201 Wien.
These two books are part of a ten-volume treatise on ancient Chinese architecture published originally in Chinese by the China Architecture and Building Press. They are coffee-table books with superb and mostly very large colour photographs; the fold-out plates measure 360 x 750 mm (15 x 30 in.). The illustrations occupy two-thirds of ...