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Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between 'feng shui-lite' as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense pocket book specifically for architects. As clients become more demanding and the competition for projects heats up, the architect is well advised to have many strings to their bow. This practical guide includes line illustrations that present the principles of feng shui, the Chinese art or practice in which a structure or site is chosen or configured so as to harmonize with the spiritual forces that inhabit it, and their application in architecture through planning principles, services, building elements and materials, in an accessible, easy reference format. The feng shui-savvy architect can also benefit from feng shui's ability to match structures and land, and the peculiar capacity of authentic feng shui to forecast development-related concerns including cost overruns, quality issues - even worker injuries and trade disputes! The author explains feng shui from archaeological sources and evidence of practice in the east, contrasting it with what passes for feng shui in the west. She analyses the practice in terms of such concepts as western systems theory, viewshed, space syntax and the 'pattern landscape' theory of urban planning. For the first time, the Sustainable implications of feng shui design are explained with reference to the latest developments in behavioural and cognitve sciences, evolutionary biology and other western viewpoints. * The first 'how to' guide on feng shui specifically written for architects * Contains numerous technical illustrations to define and analyse the genuine design elements of feng shui, for quick and easy reference * Supplies knowledge of the scientific, ethical and ecological principles of the original Chinese system, to impress your clients Providing easy access to serious technical information, this pocket book enables architects to benefit from the valuable principles of this proven art and avoid its eccentric reputation. Authentic feng shui can match structures and land with uncanny precision, and affords a peculiar capacity to forecast development-related problems including cost overruns and even trade disputes! This book demonstrates how to apply the harmonizing forms of this ancient practice through planning principles, natural features, services, building elements and materials. Using evidence from archaeological sources and genuine practice in the east, the author analyses feng shui through concepts such as western systems theory, evolutionary and behavioural psychology, viewshed and space syntax, and explains its profound abilities for creating sustainable design. Book jacket Architect’s Guide to Feng Shui 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 Foreword 10 Chapter 1. Introduction: global perspective 14 Chapter 2. Expert rules 28 Chapter 3. Protoscientific and pseudoscientific conventions 46 Chapter 4. Calculations 68 Chapter 5. Planning 78 Chapter 6. Environmental assessment 96 Chapter 7. Human factors 122 Chapter 8. Crime and its relation to the environment 138 Chapter 9. Structures 144 Chapter 10. An overview of the theory of time and space 152 Chapter 11. Form and shape theory in time and space theory 158 Chapter 12. Services 162 Chapter 13. Overlooked and overblown issues of drainage, water supply and storage, ventilation, electrical supply and installation, lighting, and sound 168 Chapter 14. Building elements 176 Chapter 15. Resources 184 Bibliography 188 Index 204 Christopher Alexander in A Pattern Language (1977) and The Timeless Way of Building (1979) says there is only one way to create human structures that express our humanity and aliveness.