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Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness
Architectural Multiculturalism in North
America
Donia Zhang
Contents
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| List of Tables |
| List of Figures |
| Foreword |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgements |
| Chapter 1 |
Introduction: Health and Happiness in Housing |
| Chapter 2 |
Four Key Themes in Chinese Philosophy to Promote Health and Happiness
at Home |
| Chapter 3 |
Health as Balancing Yin Yang: Form and Environmental Quality of
the Housing |
| Chapter 4 |
Health as Gathering Qi: Space and Construction Quality of the Housing |
| Chapter 5 |
Happiness as Attaining Oneness: Matters of Social Cohesion in the Homes |
| Chapter 6 |
Happiness as Knowing the Dao: Time and Cultural Activities in the Homes |
| Chapter 7 |
Four Keystones of Courtyard Housing Design |
| Chapter 8 |
Conclusion: Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness |
| Appendix |
| Bibliography |
| Index |