Main entry:

Zhang, Donia, 1967-

Title & Author:

Courtyard housing and cultural sustainability : theory, practice, and product / Donia Zhang, Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2013]
©2013

Description:

xxii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Design and the built environment

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-370) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Lost Link between Heaven and Earth -- pt. I Cultural Sustainability -- 2. Four Pillars of Sustainable Development: Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability -- 3. Four Key Themes in Chinese Philosophy on City Planning and Courtyard House Design -- pt. II Classical Courtyard Houses Of China -- 4. Form and Environmental Quality, Space and Construction Quality of Classical Courtyard Houses -- 5. Matters of Social Cohesion, Time and Cultural Activities in Classical Courtyard Houses -- pt. III New Courtyard Housing -- 6. Historic Preservation and Modernization of Classical Courtyard Houses -- 7. Harmony with Heaven: Form and Environmental Quality of the New Courtyard Housing -- 8. Harmony with Earth: Space and Construction Quality of the New Courtyard Housing -- 9. Harmony with Humans: Matters of Social Cohesion in the New Courtyard Housing -- 10. Harmony with Self: Time and Cultural Activities in the New Courtyard Housing.
Contents note continued: pt. IV Culturally Sustainable Architecture -- 11. Four Cornerstones of Culturally Sustainable Architecture -- pt. V Future New Courtyard Garden Houses -- 12. Conclusion: In Search of Paradise.

Summary:

Central sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the 'fourth pillar' alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, the concept is neither fully explored, nor widely accepted or recognized.

ISBN:

9781409405030 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1409405036 (hardback ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9781409405047
(epub)
9781409471585
1409471586 (epub)
1409405044 (ebook)

Subject:

Courtyard houses.
Architecture and society.
Maisons à cour.
Architecture et société.
courtyard houses.

Added entries:

Design and the built environment series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286687
Call No.: BIB 227113
Status: Available