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NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN SOME COUNTRIES.;Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;First Princeton Paperback printing, 1981.;Includes bibliographical references.;National life-movement in architecture vision -- Variability and complement -- Balance and equilibrium -- Individuality and unity -- Conclusion.;Description based on print version record. "Frank Lloyd Wright first noted the affinity between modern Western architecture and the philosophy of the ancient Chinese writer Laotzu. In this classic work, Amos Ih Tiao Chang expands on that idea, developing the parallel with the aid of architectural drawings and Chinese paintings. Now with a new foreword by David Wang, this book reveals the viatality of intangible, or negative, elements. Chang writes that these qualities make architectonic forms "come alive, become human, naturally harmonize with one another, and enable us to experience them with human sensability." The Tao of Architecture continues to be essential reading for understanding the intersection between architecture and philosophy."--back cover.