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The House in South-East Asia

The House in South-East Asia Hardcover - 2004

by Dumarcay, Jacques

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Kuala Lumpur: Oxford in Asia, 2004. The House in South-East Asia covers traditional domestic architectural forms from the earliest reconstructions of Dong Son culture through the different regional variants on the mainland and in the archipelago. Special attention is given to the way building materials, mostly wood, affected structures, and there is a chapter devoted to the techniques of roof construction. Expatriate influences in house forms, notably Chinese, European and Anglo-Indian, are covered and current trends surveyed. The volume is lavishly illustrated with colour plates and line drawings by the author. Monsieur Dumarcay is a noted French architect currently working in Indonesia for the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient. He has previously published with Oxford Borobudur and The Temples of Java. Like these two volumes, The House in South-East Asia has been translated and edited by Michael Smithies. 74 pp., 16 colour and 33 b&w plates, bibliography. Slight tanning of cover; otherwise new copy in original shrink-wrap. . First Edition. Hard bound. Fine/n/a. 20 x 14 cm..
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  • Title The House in South-East Asia
  • Author Dumarcay, Jacques
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 74
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford in Asia, Kuala Lumpur
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 000789
  • ISBN 9780195826906 / 0195826906
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 87940573
  • Dewey Decimal Code 728.3

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