The Tao of Architecture / / Amos Ih Tiao Chang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Chang, Amos Ih Tiao,
• TeilnehmendeR: Wang, David.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Classics ; 97
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (104 p.) :; 4 halftones.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword to the Princeton Classics Edition --; Foreword --; Contents --; Introduction --; National Life-movement in Architecture Vision --; Variability and Complement --; Balance and Equilibrium --; Individuality and Unity --; Conclusion
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400885084; 9783110543322
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400885084?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Amos Ih Tiao Chang.

Frank Lloyd Wright first noted the affinity between modern Western architecture and the philosophy of the ancient Chinese writer Laotzu. In this classic work, Amos Ih Tiao Chang expands on that idea, developing the parallel with the aid of architectural drawings and Chinese paintings. Now with a new foreword by David Wang, this book reveals the vitality of intangible, or negative, elements. Chang writes that these qualities make architectonic forms "come alive, become human, naturally harmonize with one another, and enable us to experience them with human sensibility." The Tao of Architecture continues to be essential reading for understanding the intersection between architecture and philosophy.