412 Pages
361 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
412 Pages
361 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
412 Pages
361 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on the woven arch bridge, an arch-shaped structure that is one of the most extraordinary timber building traditions of the world. The woven arch bridge exists widely in different cultures and its specific nature is conceptualized by the author as a kind of “universal uniqueness,” challenging widespread viewpoints on its origin and genealogy.
Taking this argument as its main... Read more
1. Introduction Part 1 Woven Arch Bridges: Three Stories 2. From Caesar to Da Vinci 3. A Full Moon in another Land 4. Searching for the Chinese Wooden Arch Bridges Part 2 Woven Arch Bridges in Southeast China 5. Introduction to Part 2 6. Building A Woven Arch Bridge: Local Knowledge 7. The Rulong Bridge: A Detective Story 8. Technique and Craftsmen Part 3 Conclusion 9. Rethinking the Histories of Woven arch Bridges
Biography
Liu Yan , an architectural historian, earned the degree of Doktor-Ingenieurin Bauforschung (Building Archaeology) from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is a Member of the Koldewey-Gesellschaft and a Junior Fellow at the Society of Fellows in Liberal Arts, Southern University of Science and Technology and now works as a lecturer at Kunming University of Science and Technology, China.
