Geo-Architecture and Landscape in China's Geographic and Historic Context

Volume 3 Geo-Architecture Blending into Nature

af Fang Wang

This book explores the concept of geo-architecture by analyzing the ways architectures are related to the local geography, including mingling or contrasting with surrounding landscape, adapting to mountainous or aquatic terrain, and selection of construction materials. Architectures build with such skillfully contrived strategies and techniques have become live exhibit of folk customs and served to record in profound detail the long history of mankind's recognition of nature. The combined effect... (Læs mere)