Designing the contemporary Chinese home --; Entrances and living spaces (The importance of entrance ; Lobby and vestibule ; The simplicity of white and gray ; Formal living rooms ; Living with art ; Casual comfort ; Contemporary living space ; Open-plan living ; Staircases) --; Dining rooms, kitchens and studies (Modern dining ; Family dining ; Contemporary kitchen style ; The dining room as art ; Kitchen dining ; The art of the table ; Personalized studies ; Contemporary scholar studies ; Traditional studies ; Libraries and dens) --; Bedrooms and bathrooms (Sleeping in luxury ; Cool white ; Chinese canopy beds ; Modern bedrooms ; Space-saving sleeping ; Timber and stone bathrooms ; Bathrooms with color ; Contemporary bathrooms ; Retro style bathrooms ; Bathing in luxury) --; Furnishings and accents (Classic Chinese furniture ; Consoles, altars and sideboards ; Curtains, blinds and screens ; Contemporary and retro seating ; Concealed storage ; Drum stools ; Bamboo and rustic furnitures ; Lighting ; Alcoves, niches and displays ; Furnishings and details) --; Courtyards, gardens and terraces (Water components ; The courtyard tradition ; Contemporary courtyards ; The spirit of stone ; Scholar's rocks and rootwood).
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China, long dormant in the world of design and residential architecture, has recently burst onto the world stage. Like everything else in China today, contemporary Chinese design combines elegant and deepseated traditions with the exploratory ideas of a younger generation of designers.