Main entry:

Mitchell, C. Thomas.

Title & Author:

Living design : the Daoist way of building / C. Thomas Mitchell and Jiangmei Wu.

Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1998.

Description:

xv, 142 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-134) and index.
1. Introduction. Reassessing Western design. Eastern and Western thought. The qualities of living design -- 2. Daoist principles. Daoist philosophy in context. Qi and Li. Yin and Yang. Non-being -- 3. Feng Shui. Defining Feng Shui. Feng Shui practice. Applications of Feng Shui. An assessment of Feng Shui -- 4. Dao in design. Town planning. Religious structures. Houses and commercial buildings. Gardens -- 5. Emerging trends in Western design. Ecological responsiveness. The quest for higher meaning. Consideration of the use and experience of design -- 6. Conclusion.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0070429758 (alk. paper)
9780070429758 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Architectural design.
Architecture Human factors.
Taoist architecture.
Taoism.
Design architectural.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Taoïsme.

Added entries:

Wu, Jiangmei.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200951
Call No.: NA2750.M55 1998
Status: Available