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Henry K. Murphy’s Architectural Activities in Modern China

Author: FangXue
Tutor: ZhangFuHe
School: Tsinghua University
Course: Architecture
Keywords: Henry Murphy Adaptive building Works Evaluate Affect
CLC: TU-86
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2010
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Abstract


Henry K. Murphy is an important foreign architects in modern Chinese architectural history. He specializes in the form of traditional Chinese architecture combined with modern science and technology in the West, has designed a number of high-quality construction, the most typical of which the the church university campus planning and design. The purpose of this thesis writing, through the collection and collation of relevant theoretical material, try Murphy's literature. Overall description of Murphy construction activities mainly in modern China, combined with the existing research results, to tease out a review of Murphy and his works, to discuss his modern national architects. Papers will be Murphy's construction activity is divided into four parts: The first part is a Christian college campus planning and architectural design. After the Boxer Movement, Church University has entered a new stage of development, and the emergence of the first campus buildings integrated into the traditional Chinese elements. Since then, the \Murphy It is this style of representative figures, in practice the style summarized as \The second part of the non-church campus work Tsinghua School. The work uses the typical Western, especially American campus design techniques, and the University of the church adaptive architecture \The third part is the design of the Citibank branch in China. Murphy attempts to apply eclectic style, with reference to the facade of Citigroup head office in the United States, designed a series of important works of the height of the development of modern bank building. The last part of Murphy's urban planning class works. By invitation of the Nanjing National Government in 1927 after he participated in the Guangzhou Urban Planning and Nanjing, the capital of the formulation of the Plan. Henry Murphy is able to place in modern Chinese architectural history, it is undeniable its own quality and the double impact of the historic opportunity. He trained as a commercial architect can perfect interpretation of various types of owners of different styles of requirements, while focusing to enhance their commercial status and prestige; play firm Moderator, he has a long-term vision of development and decision-making capacity . These have become a key factor in his success. It is because of Murphy's professional qualities, making his \This is one of the more famous Lu Yan straight, the Dong Da unitary, according to Pham Van and Zhao deep, their construction or design concepts are reflected in the varying degrees of Murphy.

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