Main entry:

Cody, Jeffrey W.

Title & Author:

Building in China : Henry K. Murphy's "adaptive architecture," 1914-1935 / Jeffrey W. Cody.

Publication:

Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong : Chinese University Press ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2001.

Description:

xxiv, 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-253) and index.
Introduction: Building Compromises -- 1. The Transpacific Challenge: Henry Murphy Encounters China, 1914-1918 -- 2. Building a China-Based Practice: Murphy amid Competitors in Shanghai and Beijing, 1918-1919 -- 3. Building Campuses and Offices: Ginling, Yenching, Banks and Dollars, 1919-1921 -- 4. Building a Reputation: Partners, Persistence and Praise, 1921-1927 -- 5. Building Cities: Sun Ke, Chiang Kai-shek and the Redesigning of Guangzhou and Nanjing, 1923-1930 -- Conclusion: Murphy's Legacies.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Building in China is about striking an architectural balance between the pull of monumental tradition and the push of technological novelty. Centering on the dynamic period of post imperial and pre-Communist China, the book focuses on the builing and city planning initiatives of Henry Murphy, a little known American architect who initially ventured to China in 1914 to design a campus for the Yale-in-China program, but who then found himself captivated by a professional and cultural challenge that lasted two decades: how to preserve China's rich architectural traditions while also designing new buildings using up-to-date Western technologies.
Murphy's buildings were compromises - "new wine in old bottles" as he once called them - and the book uses those "bottles" as lenses through which to understand not only Murphy's quest to find a middle ground for his architecture in China, but also to gaze at a tumultuous society facing an uncertain future. Murphy's buildings were more than vessels for either aesthetic visions or technical expertise; inadvertently they became political emblems, as Chinese rulers such as Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen's son called on Murphy for city planning advice to complement their hopes for urban reconstruction."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Table of contents

ISBN:

0295980958 (University of Washington Press)
9780295980959 (University of Washington Press)
9622018718 (Chinese University Press)
9789622018716 (Chinese University Press)

Subject:

Murphy, Henry Killam, 1877-1954.
Murphy, Henry Killam 1877-1954
Murphy, Henry Killam, 1877-1954 Criticism and interpretation.
Murphy, Henry Killam, (1877-1954)
Murphy, Henry Killam.
Architecture China History 20th century.
Architecture, American China.
Architecture Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture américaine Chine.
21.62 history of architecture.
Architecture.
Architecture, American.
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Architecten.
Architecture, Modern 20th century China.
Architects United States 20th century.
Architecture Chine 20e siècle.
Architectes américains Chine.
Geschichte 1914-1935.
China.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220828
Call No.: NA44.M9782 .9 C6 2001
Status: Available