Understanding Chinese Research Work on Architectural History

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Research Article| March 01 2014 Understanding Chinese Research Work on Architectural History Fu Xinian Fu Xinian Institute of Architectural History, Beijing, and China Architecture Design and Research Group, Beijing Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Translated from the Chinese by Alexandra Harrer, Tsinghua University, Beijing Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2014) 73 (1): 12–16. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2014.73.1.12 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Fu Xinian; Understanding Chinese Research Work on Architectural History. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 March 2014; 73 (1): 12–16. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2014.73.1.12 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search Chinese architectural history rests on eight fundamental understandings—of China, of history, and of architecture. The first is that architectural studies as an academic discipline focuses on both engineering technology and societal issues. Because architecture has a social content, cultural traditions and artistic criteria play leading roles in the field, and architectural history matters as an important subdiscipline of architectural studies. In China, the “study of architecture” involves buildings, gardens, and urban planning, to paraphrase the entry under that rubric in the Encyclopedia Sinica. Architectural history explores the development and evolution of architecture as an academic pursuit and as evidenced in the construction of buildings. It draws useful lessons from the historical experiences of Chinese people that may be relevant to architecture. Research in architectural history has expanded what is known of the achievements and developmental patterns of traditional building technology and architectural art and can yield the information needed... You do not currently have access to this content.