Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-283) and index.

The Architecture of the Chinese House -- The Chinese House as Living Space -- China's Fine Heritage Houses -- A Beijing Courtyard House: Mei Lanfang's Siheyuan, Beijing -- Northern Mountain Houses: Chuandixia Village, Mentougou, Beijing -- Jiangnan Canal Houses: Homes in Yangzi Delta Watertowns, Jiangnan -- An Educator's Residence: Shen Family Home, Luzhi, Jiangsu Province -- A Scholar's Study: Xu Wei's Green Vine Studio, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province -- A Millionaire's Home: Kang Family Manor, Henan Province -- A Three-Story Ming Dynasty House: Wang Ganchen's "Swallow's Wing Hall", Chengkan, Anhui Province -- A Merchant's Residence: Wang Dinggui's "Hall of Inheriting Ambition", Anhui Province -- The Five Phoenix Mansion: Lin Family's "Fortune in Abundance Tower", Fujian Province -- Round Fortress Ramparts in Fujian: "Inspiring Success Tower" and "Like a Sheng Tower", Fujian Province -- Hakka Encircling Dragons: De Xing Tang and Ning'an Lu Weilongwu, Guangdong Province -- A Mandarin's Mansion in Hong Kong: Man Chung-luen's Residence, Hong Kong, SAR -- A Country Farmhouse: Mao Zedong's Boyhood Home, Hunan Province -- A Landlord's Village Home: Liu Shaoqi's Boyhood Home, Hunan Province -- Urban Dwellings in Northern Sichuan: Ma and Feng Family Residences, Langzhong, Sichuan Province -- A U-Shaped Farmhouse: Deng Xiaoping's Boyhood Home, Sichuan Province -- A Grand Qing Manor and a Simple Ming Courtyard House: Qiao Family Manor and Ding Family Village, Shanxi Province -- The Manor of a Bean Curd Maker: Wang Family Manor, Jingsheng, Shanxi Province -- Walled City Residences: Fan Family Courtyard, Pingyao, Shanxi Province -- Cave Dwellings of the North: Subterranean Adaptations, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi Provinces.

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