Since earliest times, Chinese aboveground construction has been dominated by wood. The timber frame is China's major technological contribution to world architecture, and its wooden architectural design is unparalleled in its flexibility,...

China has a variety of climates and land-forms as well as fifty-six diverse ethnic groups in an area nearly equal to that of the United States. Consequently China's vernacular architecture appears at first glance bewildering in variety. However,...

Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in Asia over the centuries. The structural principles of Chinese architecture have remained largely unchanged, the main changes being only the decorative details. Since the Tang...

Fu Xinian, Guo Daiheng, Liu Xujie, Pan Guxi, Qiao Yun, and Sun Dazhang. English text edited and expanded by Nancy S. Steinhardt. Chinese Architecture. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. xii, 366 pp. Hardcover $65.00, ISBN 0-300-09559-7. Chinese architectural history...

While President Clinton was visiting China, some Chinese dignitaries were visiting the United States, but on a cultural rather than political and economic mission. In China, Clinton's agenda focused on building a new relationship. In the United States, the Chinese agenda focused on building....

Taiwan's president renamed a landmark Taipei memorial honoring the late dictator Chiang Kai-shek on Saturday, less than an hour after pro-and anti-government demonstrators fought running battles in an adjacent boulevard.Chen Shui-bian's decision to change the name of the memorial to commemorate democracy activists came amid...

Describes the architectural originality of Ancient China. Also examines the culture of ancient China, including reviewing its philosophers and medicinal treatments.