Modern Urban Housing in China, 1840-2000

This seminal volume offers a comprehensive historic analysis of urban residential architecture in China from 1840 to 2000. As a collaborative effort between scholars from Tsinghua University and Harvard University, the book investigates the complex transformation of Chinese housing typologies amid profound socio-political and economic shifts. It meticulously examines the evolution from traditional courtyard dwellings to modern ones driven by new living paradigms along with rapid urbanization and industrial development. Professor Zhang Jie's contribution provides critical insights into the intersection of architectural form, urban planning, and societal change during this period of intense modernization.