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4.0 out of 5 stars a big help
As an architecture student designing a taoist monestary, I found this book incredibly helpful. The images and descriptions helped me weigh what was important in the taoist way of building, and gave me a much more in depth understanding of the symbolism and layout of the different types of structures. I would have preferred to see some more drawings, specifically...
Published on March 28, 2000

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1.0 out of 5 stars wrong book
I ordered this 3 times each time I received a different book in the series. I got Defense structures, I sent it back and 2 more times same thing. I have my doubts Amazon fixed the problem so be very very careful if ordering this
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4.0 out of 5 stars a big help, March 28, 2000
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As an architecture student designing a taoist monestary, I found this book incredibly helpful. The images and descriptions helped me weigh what was important in the taoist way of building, and gave me a much more in depth understanding of the symbolism and layout of the different types of structures. I would have preferred to see some more drawings, specifically layouts and cross-sections, so that the buildings could have been more easily understood.
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1.0 out of 5 stars wrong book, June 6, 2011
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I ordered this 3 times each time I received a different book in the series. I got Defense structures, I sent it back and 2 more times same thing. I have my doubts Amazon fixed the problem so be very very careful if ordering this
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