The Living House
Anthropology of Architecture in South-east Asia
Published in April 1990
Book
Hardback
283 pages
978-0-19-588941-3 (ISBN)
Description
Designed for architects and those studying East-Asian culture, this illustrated study explores indigenous and colonial Asian architecture. It also describes how certain types of native building have shaped social life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
200 halftones, 24 colour illustrations, 2 maps, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 215 mm
Weight
1323 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-588941-3 (9780195889413)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Origins; perceptions of built forms - indigenous and colonial; the interrelation of built forms; technology and symbolism; cosmologies; the living house; kinship and "House Societies"; space and the shaping of social relations; houses of the dead; migrations.