TY  - GEN
AU  - Zhang, Donia 
TI  - Courtyard housing and cultural sustainability: theory, practice, and product
SN  - 9781409405030
U1  - 728.31 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - England
PB  - Ashgate
N1  - CONTENTS
List of Tables	vii
List of Figures	 ix
Acknowledgements	xix
Foreword	xxi
Prologue	1
1Introduction: Lost Link between Heaven and Earth   5
PART I: CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
2 Four Pillars of Sustainable Development: Courtyard Housing
and Cultural Sustainability	21
3 Four Key Themes in Chinese Philosophy on City Planning
and Courtyard House Design	39
PART II: CLASSICAL COURTYARD HOUSES OF CHINA
4 Form and Environmental Quality, Space and Construction
Quality of Classical Courtyard Houses	67
5 Matters of Social Cohesion, Time and Cultural Activities
in Classical Courtyard Houses	115
PART III: NEW COURTYARD HOUSING
6 Historic Preservation and Modernization of Classical
Courtyard Houses	145
7 Harmony with Heaven: Form and Environmental Quality of
the New Courtyard Housing	173
8 Harmony with Earth: Space and Construction Quality of the
New Courtyard Housing	211
9 Harmony with Humans: Matters of Social Cohesion in
the New Courtyard Housing	241
vi Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability
10 Harmony with Self: Time and Cultural Activities in the
New Courtyard Housing 263
PARTIV: CULTURALLY SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
11 Four Cornerstones of Culturally Sustainable Architecture 287
PART V: FUTURE NEW COURTYARD GARDEN HOUSES
12 Conclusion: In Search of Paradise 309 
Epilogue  331
Appendix 333
References 341
Index 371

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