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Courtyard housing for health and happiness : architectural multiculturalism in North America
- Title
- Courtyard housing for health and happiness : architectural multiculturalism in North America / Donia Zhang.
- Author
- Zhang, Donia, 1967-
- Publication
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NA7523 .Z495 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xx, 179 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Health and Happiness in Housing -- Four Key Themes in Chinese Philosophy to Promote Health and Happiness at Home -- Health as Balancing Yin Yang: Form and Environmental Quality of the Housing -- Health as Gathering Qi: Space and Construction Quality of the Housing -- Happiness as Attaining Oneness: Matters of Social Cohesion in the Homes -- Happiness as Knowing the Dao: Time and Cultural Activities in the Homes -- Four Keystones of Courtyard Housing Design -- Conclusion: Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness.
- ISBN
- 9781472449115 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 1472449118 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9781472449122 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781472449139 (epub) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014041039
- 40024944655
- OCLC
- 893389713
- ocn893389713
- SCSB-5805268
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries