Examines the impact of Chinese philosophy on China's historic structures, as well as on modern Chinese urban aesthetics and architectural forms.

In addition to other chapters on vernacular architecture in the Western United States, this title contains Christopher L. Yip's article, "Chinatown of Gold Mountain : the Chinese in Locke, California"

This book examines the contribution of ethnic groups to American architecture, and contains Christopher Lee Yip's chapter on Chinese architecture.

In Five Classics of Fengshui Michael Paton traces the theoretical development of this form of spiritual geography through full translations of major texts: the Burial Classic of Qing Wu, Book of Burial, Yellow Emperor's Classic of House Siting, Twenty Four Difficult Problems, and Water Dragon Classic.

Individual chapters explain the Chinese religious-philosophical background, Chinese uses in rural and urban areas, the history of Feng Shui's reinterpretation in the West, and environmental perspectives and other issues.