Table of Contents

Formation and early development: Architecture in the north; Characteristics of domestic architectural heating system; Tomb architecture: Old and new questions; From tower to pagoda: Structural and technological Transition; Multi-storeyed pagodas: The process of technological evolution in East Asia; Timber building structures in Choson, Korea: A comparative approach; 12th century manual for state buildings; The architecture of joinery: Rotating sutra-case cabinets; Tile and brick making: A study on the Yingzao Fashi; Architectural drawing: Graphic representation methods and techniques; Shenyang: The Manchurian ideal capital city and imperial palace, 1625-43; Changchun: Unfinished capital planning of Manzhouguo, 1932-42; The planning and urban character of Seoul: Chinese perspectives.

About the Author

Qinghua Guo is senior lecturer of Asian architecture and planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She received her B.A. in architecture from Harbin University of Technology, China, and her PhD in architectural history from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Guo is the author of several books and scholarly articles, including The Structure of Chinese Timber Architecture: Twelfth Century Design Standards and Construction Principles (1999) and A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture (2002).