Description
Murphy’s buildings were compromises – “new wine in old bottles” as he once called them – and the book uses those “bottles” as lenses through which to understand not only Murphy’s quest to find a middle ground for his architecture in China, but also to gaze at a tumultuous society facing an uncertain future. Murphy’s buildings were more than vessels for either aesthetic visions or technical expertise; inadvertently they became political emblems, as Chinese rulers such as Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen’s son called on Murphy for city planning advice to complement their hopes for urban reconstruction.”–Jacket.
- Author: Jeffrey W. Cody
- Publisher: Chinese University Press
- Published: 2001
- Pages: 298
- ISBN-13: 9789622018716
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