Building in China Building in China Henry K. Murphy's "Adaptive Architecture," 1914-1935

Jeffrey W. Cody

Hardback (01 Nov 2001)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Murphy was an American architect who practiced in China, where he learned to strike a balance between Western technologies and Chinese stylistic features in projects such as a Yale campus at Hunan. Cody (Chinese U. of Hong Kong) studies Murphy's life and work in an effort to reveal how his "adaptability transcended questions of architectural style

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ISBN:	9780295980959
Publisher:	University of Washington Press
Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Pub date:	01 Nov 2001
Number of pages:	300
Weight:	853g
Height:	267mm
Width:	192mm
Spine width:	23mm