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CONTENT<br/>Preface<br/>Notes on the Text, Sources, and Appendix<br/>Introduction<br/>PART I. MULTIPLICITY AND CONTINUITY IN TRADITION<br/>1. FORM AND CONTENT<br/>Early Shrines, India<br/>Caves: Lomas Rishi, Barabar Hills, and Chaitya Hall, Karli<br/>The Stupa Form: Great Stupa, Sanchi<br/>Hindu and Jain Shrines, India<br/>Kandriya Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho<br/>Dilwara Temples, Rajputana<br/>Buddhist Shrines, Japan, and Burma<br/>Horyu-ji Temple, Asuka, Japan<br/>Ananda Temple, Pagan, Burma<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>TRANSFER OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE<br/>Person-to-Person Transfer<br/>Community Case Studies<br/>Professional Knowledge<br/>Documented Knowledge<br/>Chinese Construction Manuals<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>PART II. PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS<br/>3. SURVIVAL: WATER, SHELTER, AND FOOD<br/>Water<br/>Municipal Water in Kathmandu, Nepal<br/>Irrigation Systems in Peru<br/>River Training in China<br/>Shelter<br/>Movalbe Dwellings<br/>Stationary Dwellings<br/>Underground Houses: Available to Everyone<br/>Food Structures<br/>Granaries at Mohenjo-Daro<br/>Japanese Granaries<br/>Floating Gardens of the Valley of Mexico<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>4. CLIMATE AND ECOLOGY<br/>Cold and Dry<br/>Houses of Snow and Skin--Inuit Iglus of Northern Canada<br/>Summer and Winter Houses in Tibet<br/>Hot and Dry: Solar Management in the Middle East<br/>Hot and Humid: Big Roof in the New Guinea Rain Forest<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>5. MATERIALS, METHODS, AND ARCHITECTURAL FORM<br/>Carved-Out Architecture<br/>Ethiopian Rock-Cut Churches<br/>Cosmic Mountain at Borobudur, Java<br/>Assembled Pieces<br/>Lashed Polynesian Houses<br/>Interlocking Frameworks in Japan<br/>One Culture, Two Building Traditions<br/>Inka Stone Masonry<br/>Inka Roads and Woven Suspension Bridges<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>PART III. PURPOSES OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE<br/>6. SPACES FOR DAILY LIFE<br/>Living in Tight Spaces<br/>Houseboats of China<br/>Houseboats in Kashmir<br/>Use of the street and the Roof in Nepal<br/>Access to Architecture--Social Rewards and the Use of Buildings<br/>Social Rewards and the Use of Ceremonial Buildings in New Guinea<br/>Space and Gender in Islamic Society: Kano Palace, Nigeria<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>7. RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE--A CONTINUUM OF MEANING<br/>Space in the Home<br/>Japanese Tokonoma<br/>Mexican Altar of the Dead<br/>Space on the Street<br/>Bhaktapur's Street Shrines, Nepal<br/>Temporary Temples for Processions in India<br/>Spaces Set Apart<br/>Special Buildings: North African Mosques<br/>Ceremonial District: Teotihuacan, Mexico<br/>Without Buildings: Mount Taylor, New Mexico<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>8. EXPRESSION OF POWER<br/>Monumentality<br/>Stone Architecture in the Caroline Islands<br/>Great Zimbabwe in East Africa<br/>Empire Building<br/>The Great Wall of China<br/>Saqsaywaman Fortress, Peru<br/>Colonialism and Native Traditions<br/>Inka and Spanish Changes at Cuzco<br/>Mughals in India: Red Forts at Agra and Delhi<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>PART IV. PLANNING AND DESIGN<br/>9. Land Use<br/>Urban Planning<br/>Formal or Organic: Mohenjo-Daro and Toledo<br/>Symbolic Creation or Gradual Agglomeration?<br/>Landscaped Settings<br/>Form and Meaning: Taj Mahal, Agra, India<br/>Continuity with Setting: Katsura Palace (Villa), Japan<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>10. BUILDING TYPES AND USES<br/>Unique Types<br/>Ballcourts of Central America<br/>Islamic Educational Buildings<br/>Pyramids, Platforms, and Altars<br/>Pyramids in Mesoamerica: La Venta, Monte Alban, and Chicken-Itza<br/>Oceania: The Tuamotu Archipelago<br/>Housing Varieties<br/>Town Houses, Nepal<br/>Stilt Houses in Indonesia<br/>Using Space<br/>Japanese Floor-Level Living<br/>Islamic Floor-Level Living<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>11. ORGANIZATION OF STRUCTURES<br/>Hollow Centers: Courtyards<br/>North Africa and the Middle East<br/>China<br/>American Southwest<br/>Solid Center: Angkor Wat, Cambodia<br/>Axial Arrangements<br/>Beijing, China: Forbidden City<br/>Teotihuacan, Mexico: Street of the Dead<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>PART V. CULTURAL VALUES<br/>12. VERNACULAR AND MONUMENTAL COMBINATIONS<br/>Water System: Sri Lanka<br/>Durbar Square, Patan, Nepal<br/>Early Historic Period (Licchavi Dynasty 300-879)<br/>Transitional Period (879-1200) and Malla Period (1200-1482)<br/>Independent Patan<br/>The Seventeenth-Century Builder-Kings<br/>The Eighteenth Century<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>13. SYMBOLISM AND ORNAMENTATION<br/>Symbolic Gardens<br/>Chinese Gardens<br/>Calligraphy as Structural Ornamentation: Islamic Architecture<br/>Other Forms of Structural Ornamentation<br/>Painted Walls: The Ndebele of South Africa<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>14. ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL RELATIONS<br/>Blank Walls for Privacy: Islamic and Chinese Neighborhoods<br/>Overt Expressions of Status<br/>Acoma Pueblo: United States<br/>Great Plains Tipis: United States<br/>Royal Buildings: Tikal, Guatemala<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>15. THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE<br/>Theoretical Differences<br/>Being and Nonbeing in Chinese Architecture<br/>Anthropomorphic Architecture in West Africa<br/>Writing Architectural History<br/>Class, Gender, and Ethnicity<br/>Case Study: Maya Historiography<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>16. ARCHITECTURAL DECISION-MAKING<br/>Adaptation<br/>Symbols and Concepts--A Review<br/>Dome of Stone in Islamic Architecture<br/>Use and Reuse of Architectural Forms<br/>Porticoes of the Old and New Worlds--Traditional?<br/>Stupas Become Pagodas<br/>Originality: The Turkish Architect Sinan<br/>Shezade (also Sehzade) Cami (1543-48), Istanbul<br/>Suleymaniye (1550-57), Istanbul<br/>Selimiye Cami (1569-75), Edirne<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>17. THE ECONOMICS OF BUILDING<br/>Durabitlity: Rebuilding at the Ise Shrine, Japan<br/>Construction Costs<br/>Economics of Contruction<br/>Modern Research on Costs<br/>Analogies from Ancient Construction<br/>Describing Costs of Taj Mahal Construction<br/>New Analysis of Costs: Energetics in the Yucatan<br/>Suggested Readings<br/>Conclusion<br/>Appendix I Maps of Major Areas of the World<br/>Africa<br/>North American<br/>Central and northwest South America<br/>Asia<br/>Oceania<br/>Expansion of Buddhism<br/>Expansion of Islam<br/>Appendix II Tables of Materials, for Wall Building, for Roofing<br/>Glossary<br/>Selected Bibliography<br/>Credits<br/>Index |
