China Architecture & Building Press BOOKS

The Excellence of Ancient Chinese Architecture

165mm×210mm c. 200 pp/vol. Paperback

China Architectural Culture is an important part of China's cultural soft power, the comprehensive reflection of the material and spiritual civilization created by Chinese nation, an important entry point for advocacy and introducing of Chinese culture to the world. Chinese civilization is the only ancient civilizations of the world's that has not been interrupted. The traditional Chinese architectural culture is the unique building system in the world architecture system from the view of artistic conception, technology, structure, philosophy, etc..

In view of this, China Architecture & Building Press has launched the English version of “The Excellence of Ancient Chinese Architecture “, which is academic, artistic, aesthetic and full of cultural connotations. The ten volumes are respectively about imperial gardens, private gardens, palace architecture, Buddhist buildings, vernacular dwellings, Taoist buildings, Islamic buildings, imperial mausoleums and tombs, ritual and ceremonious buildings and defense structures. This series benefits for the world to understand Chinese architecture culture.

The writers of this series are the domestic academic experts featuring the latest achievements of domestic research. The content covers general introduction (including the history background, development, architecture characteristics, etc.), and notes on the photograph (including plans, palinspastic map, distribution map, history chart, and structure details). The text is vivid and the images are beautiful. Meanwhile, it also has vocabulary index and Events table, which are convenient for foreign readers to understand the traditional Chinese architectural culture.

China Residential Architecture Art

By Lu Yuanding, Lu Qi

215mm×285mm 477 pp Hardcover c. 700 illus.

ISBN 978-7-112-12794-8 (20105)

The residential building is a kind of architecture which is the earliest and the most. It’s the reflection of local economy, living style, traditions, religious belief, aesthetics, etc., of the times. This book begins with general remarks on the distribution, types, geographic and ethnic characteristics, historical and artistic value of traditional Chinese vernacular architecture, which gives an outline of traditional Chinese vernacular architectural art. Each part is based on the regional and national residential buildings, and respectively outlines the layout, community relations of different forms of residential constructions, features of groups and monomer residential buildings, etc.. Each case is enclosed with a brief description. This book is published in Chinese-English version.

A History of Chinese Architecture Art (3 vols.)

By Xiao Mo

215mm×285mm 1280 pp Hardcover c. 2735 illus.

This book records the Chinese architecture art history from the prehistory to the end of Qing Dynasty. It contents many architecture types and architecture of the minorities, such as city, palace, temple, tomb, pagoda, grotto, yamun, public civil architecture (including ancestral hall, pantheon, guild hall, academy of classic learning, landscape tower), prince mansion, residential house, gardens, great wall, bridges and honorific arch, as well as architecture decoration and furniture. This book systematically concludes the historic development of Chinese architecture art. It consists of 18 chapters, which are introduction and five parts (Beginning and Grow, Mature and Peak, Enrichment and Summary, Prosperity of Minorities’ Architecture, and Theoretical Brilliance). It is readable and valuable materials for art historians, culture historians, architects, workers majoring in architecture history and cultural relics, aesthetician, students in architecture and art colleges, and common readers.

Pictorial of Gardens

By Wang Qijun

184mm×260mm 291 pp Paperback

ISBN 978-7-112-09390-0 (16060)

Classic Chinese gardens use vivid artistic language to interpret the profound Chinese philosophy and artistic theories. This book has adopted a great number of bird’s-eye pictures, plans, elevations and perspective drawings of garden buildings, together with photos and concise and plain words in order to provide readers with an appreciation of varying visual delights and help them to get a visualized and in-depth comprehension of the history, characteristics, essentials, rules of combination as well as the main architectural features of the classic Chinese gardens.

Design of Chinese Elements

By Chen Yuanchuan

184mm×260mm 129 pp Paperback

ISBN 978-7-112-11905-9 (19165)

The book includes the summary of Chinese elements, research on design of Chinese elements, theory on design and molding of Chinese elements, aesthetic appreciation on redesign of Chinese elements. Except the introduction of related theories, the book puts forward a research line. On the basis of the excavation and gathering of national art of the research points, according to the collected materials, in combination with the leading design concept, the book puts forward an idea of redesigning Chinese traditional elements with the latest design language. The design covers all aspects of the modern life. This book is an innovation in designing traditional Chinese elements.

Low Carbon and City Landscape Architecture

By Tu Qiufeng

184mm×260mm 152 pp Paperback

ISBN 978-7-112-14267-5 (22329)

Low carbon design is the trend for world development. The book gives systematic narration to low carbon factors and technical method for design of urban landscape buildings. Through refining design factors of traditional garden design, it respectively gives in-depth analysis inn site selection, earthwork, garden plants, green traffic, service facilities, garden building and water& power system to seek the path and method of low carbon design. At the end of the book, the author further strengthens recognition to low carbon planning and its guiding significance to practice through introducing design examples that the authors participated in recent years.