000			01762 a2200157 4500
020			_a9781409405030
082			_a728.31 _bZHA
100			_aZhang, Donia
245			_aCourtyard housing and cultural sustainability _btheory, practice, and product
260			_c2013 _bAshgate _aEngland
300			_axxii,373p.
500			_aCONTENTS 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
890			_aUnited Kingdom
891			_aFA
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