Associate Professor Qinghua Guo
BArch (Harbin) PhD (CTH)
Senior Lecturer in Asian Architecture and Planning
Email: qinghua@unimelb.edu.au
Qinghua Guo studied architecture at the Department of Architecture, Harbin University of Technology, China, and worked as a researcher at the Institute of Architectural History, Beijing. She received her PhD in architectural history at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Following that, she was a researcher at the Kyoto University, Japan, before commencing at The University of Melbourne where she teaches East Asian architecture. She is a committee member of the International Society for Chinese Architectural History Studies, and the International Society for Manchu Architectural History Studies.
Current Teaching Responsibilities
702-234/834 Asian Architecture B
702-302 Architectural Design 3A
702-403 Architectural Design 4A
Research Interests
- history of architectural design and city planning;
- building technology in East Asia with a particular focus on China
- traditional architectural representation: drawing and model
Funded Research
| Project | MANCHURIAN IMPERIAL PALACE IN SHENYANG Collaborated with Professor Chen Bochao, Shenyang Architecture University |
| Year: | 2005-7 |
| Source: | China National Science Fund |
| Project | Korean IMPERIAL PALACE: a camparitive approach |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Source: | Korean Foundation |
| Project | Changchun: Unfinished Capital Planning of Manzhouguo, 1932-42 |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Source: | Publication and Research Support Scheme |
| Project | TIMBER BUILDING STRUCTURES IN CHISON KOREA |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Source: | International Collaborative Research Grants |
| Project | TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL HEATING SYSTEMS IN NORTH-EAST ASIA |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Source: | Melbourne Research Development Grant Scheme |
| Project | Tomb Architecture of Dynastic China
Changchun; the Architecture and Planning of Manchukuo (1932–45) |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Source: | Publication and Research Support Scheme |
Awards Received
- Korea Foundation Fellow (2002)
- First prize in the 2002 Yuyao Exhibition Centre and Master Planning competition with (Missingham, G. and Design Inc, 2002)
- International Urban Design Competition for Shenyang University Campus Faculty Building and Housing – Third Prize (with Whitford, S. & D. Radovic, 2000)
Recent Publications
Books
Guo, Q. 2005 Chinese Architecture and Planning: Ideals, Methods and Techniques. Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges.
Guo, Q. 2002 A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture (Chinese-English Edition). Melbourne: Images Publisher.
Guo,Q. 1999 The Structure of Chinese Timber Architecture: Twelfth Century Design Standards and Construction Principles. London: Minerva Press.
Contents:
1. Formation and early development: architecture in the north
[first published in Construction History, 17 (2001), pp. 1-16]
2. Kang: characteristics of domestic architectural heating system
[first published in Architectural History, 45 (2002), pp. 32-48]
3. Tomb architecture: old and new questions
[first published in Architectural History, 47 (2004), pp. 1-24]
4. From tower to pagoda: structural and technological transition
[first published in Construction History, 20 (2005), pp. 1-20]
5. Multi-storeyed pagodas: aspects of technological tradition in East Asia
6. Timber building structures in Choson, Korea: a comparative approach
[first published in Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Spring 2005, pp. 51-68]
7. Yingzao Fashi: twelfth-century manual for state buildings
[first published in Architectural History, 41 (1998), pp. 1-13]
8. The architecture of joinery: rotating sutra-case cabinets
[first published in Architectural History, 42 (1999), pp. 96-109]
9. Tile and brick making: a study on the Yingzao Fashi
[first published in Construction History, 16 (2000), pp. 1-11]
10. Architectural drawing: graphic representation methods and techniques;
11. Shenyang: the Manchurian ideal capital city and imperial palace, 1625-43
[first published in Urban History, 27.3 (2000), pp. 344-59]
12. Changchun: unfinished capital planning of Manzhouguo, 1932-42
[first published in Urban History, 31.1 (2004), pp. 100-17]
13. The urban character of Seoul: Chinese perspectives on Choson planning history.
Refereed conference papers
Guo, Q., 2006 'Mingqi pottery towers of Han Dynasty China: their typology and classification' in the proceedings of International Conference on East Asian Architectural Culture, Kyoto.
Guo, Q. 2005 'Baoxianghua Decorative Pattern: Classification and Interpretation', Selected Essays on the Forbidden City Research (the Forbidden City Society), Beijing.
Guo, Q. 2005 'From Tower to Pagoda: Structural and Technological Transition,' Construction history (Journal of the Construction History Society, UK), Vol. 20, pp. 1-20.
Guo, Q. 2005 'Timber Building Structures in Chosen Korea ¾ A Case Study on Geunjeongjeon and Injeongjeon,' Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (USA), Spring, pp. 51-68.
Guo, Q. 2005 'Baoxianghua Decorative Pattern: Classification and Interpretation', Selected Essays on the Forbidden City Research (the Forbidden City Society), Beijing.
Guo, Q., 2004 'Tomb Architecture of Dynastic China: Old and New Questions,' Architectural History (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain), Vol. 47, pp. 1-24.
Guo, Q 2004 'Changchun: Unfinished Capital Planning of Manzhouguo, 1932-42,' Urban History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, UK ), Vol. 31, 1, pp. 100-17.
Guo, Q., 2002 'The Chinese Domestic Architectural Heating System (kang): Origins, Applications and Techniques', Architectural History (UK), Vol. 45, pp. 32-48.
Guo, Q. 2001 'The Formation and Early Development of Architecture in Northern China, ' Construction History (UK) , Vol. 17, pp. 3-16.
Guo, Q. 2000 'Tile and Brick Making in China: A Study of the Yingzao Fashi,' Construction History ( UK), Vol. 16, pp. 3-11.
Guo, Q. 2000 'Shenyang: Manchurian Ideal Capital City and Imperial Palace (1625-1643),' Urban History (UK), Vol. 27, 3, pp. 344-59.
Research Supervision
- Huichuan Wang (PhD) Mural painting of Chinese architecture