Living design
Subtitle: the Daoist way of building
By: C. Thomas Mitchell and Jiangmei Wu.
Contributors: Wu, Jiangmei.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Architectural design; Architecture -- Human factors; Taoism
Description: Mitchell and Wu explore the possibility of creating a new, living philosophy of design in the West using Daoist principles such as feng shui and "green design." Mitchell warns that architects cannot simply import Chinese architecture, or even Daoist philosophy, wholesale from Asia. He does suggest, however, that rethinking and re-imagining Western architecture along Daoist lines is an exciting and innovative way out of the sterility and irrelevance of much of modern and postmodern building design.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-134) and index.