Building a House

This book is a collection of essays on architectural culture by Wang Shu, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and one of the world's leading architects. *10 essays on architectural culture—from the aesthetic mood of Song dynasty landscape painting to the aesthetic sensibilities of Ming and Qing gardens, the authors analyze traditional Chinese culture and art in depth, and explore the aesthetic value of traditional culture and Eastern philosophy from an architectural perspective. *4 accounts of the making of architectural works—Wang Shu's renowned works include the Xiangshan Campus of the China Academy of Art and the Ningbo Museum of Art. In this book, from the inception of the design through the construction process to the aftermath of completion, the author reconstructs the birth of these works in accessible language. What emerges is the author's deep thinking about "good architecture" and "how to create contemporary architecture that returns to tradition." *6 prose essays and 1 conversation—the author reflects on personal experience, society and life, and touches on topics of contemporary concern such as living space, offering a full view of the master's development and humanistic sensibility. *Starting from architecture but going beyond it, this book is also a work that explores the contemporary relevance of traditional Chinese culture. The contemporary relevance of traditional culture has long been an important subject of repeated reflection and discussion in academic circles. With his scholarly grounding and construction experience, Wang Shu builds a distinctive aesthetic system of Eastern aesthetics and offers a path for traditional culture to enter the contemporary world, which holds significant scholarly reference value today.