The Tao of Architecture / Amos Ih Tiao Chang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chang, Amos Ih Tiao, author.

Contributor:

Wang, David.

Series:

Princeton classics.

Princeton Classics ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laozi.

Architecture--Philosophy.

Architecture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First Princeton Classics Edition

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Frank Lloyd Wright first noted the affinity between modern Western architecture and the philosophy of the ancient Chinese writer Laotzu. In this classic work, Amos Ih Tiao Chang expands on that idea, developing the parallel with the aid of architectural drawings and Chinese paintings. Now with a new foreword by David Wang, this book reveals the vitality of intangible, or negative, elements. Chang writes that these qualities make architectonic forms "come alive, become human, naturally harmonize with one another, and enable us to experience them with human sensibility." The Tao of Architecture continues to be essential reading for understanding the intersection between architecture and philosophy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword to the Princeton Classics Edition

Foreword

Contents

Introduction

National Life-movement in Architecture Vision

Variability and Complement

Balance and Equilibrium

Individuality and Unity

Conclusion

Notes:

First Princeton Paperback printing, 1981.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400885084

1400885086

OCLC:

1132666571