Philosophy of Chinese Architecture

<p><em>A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture: Past Present Future</em> examines the impact of Chinese philosophy on China’s historic structures as well as on modern Chinese urban aesthetics and architectural forms. For architecture in China moving forward author David Wang posits a theory the New Virtualism which links current trends in computational design with long-standing Chinese philosophical themes. The book also assesses twentieth-century Chinese architecture through the lenses of positivism consciousness (phenomenology) and linguistics (structuralism and poststructuralism). Illustrated with over 70 black-and-white images this book establishes philosophical baselines for assessing architectural developments in China past present and future.</p>