The Japan Architect

Author : Geeta Mehta,Deanna MacDonald
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781462908509

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New Japan Architecture by Geeta Mehta,Deanna MacDonald Pdf

Featuring dozens of high-quality photographs, schematic designs and insightful commentary this Japanese architecture book is a must-have for architects or collectors. The past five years are widely consider to have been the most innovative period in contemporary Japanese design history. The projects featured in New Japan Architecture were completed during this extraordinarily fertile time. Featuring breathtaking images of modern Japan, this volume presents forty-eight extraordinary projects by forty-two of the world's leading architects, including: Hitoshi Abe Ward Kishi Tadao Ando Chiba Manabu Architects Toyo Ito Kengo Kuma Kazuyo Sejima This architecture book features a wide-range of buildings, some exhibiting the ultimate ideal of the white Zen cube, while others exemplify the search for the new wow factor in iconic design. In many, cutting-edge modernity is counterbalanced by a concern for sustainability—an issue that has motivated many architects to rethink and reintroduce concepts drawn from traditional Japanese architecture. Projects big and small, private and public, residential and commercial are included. Insightful text by two leading experts in the field of Japanese architecture highlights the remarkable aspects of each building and places these developments within the wider context of world architecture. Offering an essential overview of current trends, New Japan Architecture points the way to modern architecture's future.

Author : Christian Schittich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783955531676

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Japan by Christian Schittich Pdf

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Author : Arata Isozaki,David B. Stewart
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262516051

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Japan-ness in Architecture by Arata Isozaki,David B. Stewart Pdf

One of Japan's leading architects examines notions of Japan-ness as exemplified by key events in Japanese architectural history from the seventh to the twentieth century; essays on buildings and their cultural context. Japanese architect Arata Isozaki sees buildings not as dead objects but as events that encompass the social and historical context—not to be defined forever by their "everlasting materiality" but as texts to be interpreted and reread continually. In Japan-ness in Architecture, he identifies what is essentially Japanese in architecture from the seventh to the twentieth century. In the opening essay, Isozaki analyzes the struggles of modern Japanese architects, including himself, to create something uniquely Japanese out of modernity. He then circles back in history to find what he calls Japan-ness in the seventh-century Ise shrine, reconstruction of the twelfth-century Todai-ji Temple, and the seventeenth-century Katsura Imperial Villa. He finds the periodic ritual relocation of Ise's precincts a counter to the West's concept of architectural permanence, and the repetition of the ritual an alternative to modernity's anxious quest for origins. He traces the "constructive power" of the Todai-ji Temple to the vision of the director of its reconstruction, the monk Chogen, whose imaginative power he sees as corresponding to the revolutionary turmoil of the times. The Katsura Imperial Villa, with its chimerical spaces, achieved its own Japan-ness as it reinvented the traditional shoin style. And yet, writes Isozaki, what others consider to be the Japanese aesthetic is often the opposite of that essential Japan-ness born in moments of historic self-definition; the purified stylization—what Isozaki calls "Japanesquization"—lacks the energy of cultural transformation and reflects an island retrenchment in response to the pressure of other cultures. Combining historical survey, critical analysis, theoretical reflection, and autobiographical account, these essays, written over a period of twenty years, demonstrate Isozaki's standing as one of the world's leading architects and preeminent architectural thinkers.

Author : Kevin Nute
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0419240101

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Place, Time, and Being in Japanese Architecture by Kevin Nute Pdf

"In addition to highlighting the human benefits of built environments which relate to particular place, time and being, many of the Japanese buildings examined illustrate practical strategies for revealing these universal parameters which are equally applicable beyond Japan. It is suggested that wider use of some of these approaches could not only help to sustain both environmental and cultural identities against the homogenising effects of globalisation, but also has the potential to heighten our appreciation of the peculiar condition of being here now."--Jacket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822036952497

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The Japan Architect by Anonim Pdf

Author : William H. Coaldrake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134845286

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Architecture and Authority in Japan by William H. Coaldrake Pdf

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X004063292

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Space in Detail by Anonim Pdf

Author : Francesca Chiorino
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788891812322

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Homes in Japan by Francesca Chiorino Pdf

The first comprehensive study on contemporary Japanese houses designed by established and emerging architects alike. Featuring a collection of homes designed by the main contemporary Japanese architects, this indispensable volume explores the country’s new architectural trends. This book demonstrates the ability of Japan’s leading young architects to express an intrinsic union with the elements of nature through the language of architecture. Spectacular large-format images capture the essence and spirit of the houses, while informative descriptions provide enlightening context. The book’s format underscores the strength and value of these projects—as well as the masterful skill of the architects behind them.

Author : Pippo Ciorra,Florence Ostende
Publisher : Marsilio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8831725769

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The Japanese House by Pippo Ciorra,Florence Ostende Pdf

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Japanese House: architecture & life after 1945,' this catalogue contains a vast selection of photographs, drawings, projects and analyses offering a comprehensive overview of Japanese residential architecture from the post-war period to the present day. 13 thematic sections present different aspects of the research, documenting the work of archistars such as Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Kenso Tange, the contributions of architects less well known outside Japan and the experimentation of the younger generations. In parallel, essays by the curators and by Hiuroyasu Fujiola and Kenjiro Hosaka, along with biographies of all the architects, painstakingly map the country's domestic architecture"--

Author : Yuki Sumner,Naomi R. Pollock,David Littlefield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Architects
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215474045

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New Architecture in Japan by Yuki Sumner,Naomi R. Pollock,David Littlefield Pdf

This informative and beautifully illustrated book showcases projects of all types, sizes and budgets from the last decade in Japan, and includes museums, private houses, schools, shops, hospitals, airports and chapels. Both cutting-edge, emerging young practices – such as Sou Fujimoto and Junya Ishigami – and established, internationally known architects – among them Toyo Ito, Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma and SANAA – are featured, as are international practices working in Japan (such as Rogers Stirk Harbour, Foster + Partners and Herzog & de Meuron). Stunning images by leading architectural photographer Edmund Sumner are accompanied by accessible critical texts and drawings. This illuminating survey is essential not just for architects and designers but also for anyone fascinated by Japan's unique – and increasing – influence on architecture worldwide.

Author : Neil Jackson
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1848222963

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Japan and the West by Neil Jackson Pdf

This book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the recent histories of Western and Japanese architecture have been well recorded, they have rarely been interwoven. Based on extensive research, Japan and the West provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its present state without the other. It should be no surprise that Meiji architecture drew heavily upon Western precedents, or that Le Corbusier was strongly influenced by the Japanese minka. In considering these histories, this book demonstrates the mutual inter-dependence of both architectural cultures while, at the same time, acknowledging their differences. In conclusion, the book moves beyond style and structure to the Japanese concept of ma -- the pause or the space between, and demonstrates how this concept has found a place in Western architecture.

Author : Kengo Kuma
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780500776643

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Kengo Kuma: My Life as an Architect in Tokyo (My Life as an Architect) by Kengo Kuma Pdf

A personal tour of Tokyo’s architecture, as seen through the eyes of one of the world’s most acclaimed architects who is also designing the primary venue for the Tokyo Olympic games. Tokyo is Japan’s cultural and commercial epicenter, bursting with vibrancy and life. Its buildings, both historical and contemporary, are a direct reflection of its history and its people. Kengo Kuma was only ten years old when he found himself so inspired by Tokyo’s cityscape that he decided to become an architect. Here he tells the story of his career through twenty-five inspirational buildings in the city. Kuma’s passion is evident on every page, as well as his curiosity about construction methods and his wealth of knowledge about buildings around the world, making this a unique commentary on Tokyo’s dynamic architecture. Kengo Kuma: My Life as an Architect is an intimate and truly inspiring book, revealing the beauty that exists in the world’s everyday spaces.

Author : Ken Tadashi Ōshima
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215289542

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International Architecture in Interwar Japan by Ken Tadashi Ōshima Pdf

Following World War I, a generation of young architects in Japan took part in a movement toward "international architecture," or kokusai kenchiku, designing houses for people who blended Japanese and Western customs in their daily lives, and public buildings--from schools and hospitals to weather stations and golf clubhouses--that encompassed modern forms and new materials, especially earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete, yet systhesized the new with the old.--Ken Tadashi Oshima is assistant professor of architecture at the University of Washington.

Author : The Japan Architect
Publisher : Shinkenchiku-Sha Company, Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 4786903191

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JA118, Winter 2020 by The Japan Architect Pdf

- The issue reflects on the history of the many crises that humanity and cities have experienced, and reviews what we -- both humans and cities -- have gained as a result - Explores how diseases such as plague, smallpox, cholera, and influenza have promoted the development of scientific medicine, while cities have adopted new sanitation technologies and spatial norms. And infrastructural technologies and types of spatial order have boosted our resilience and redundancy against natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, and floods JA118 features Place+Urbanism series titled City: Designed by Crisis. In 2020, the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are truly facing a global crisis. At the same time, the digitization of society is accelerating, remote work arrangements are becoming more prevalent, and the urban landscape is also showing signs of change. Humanity has repeatedly faced a variety of global crises over the years. Each time, we have generated new wisdom to overcome these crises, changed our social systems, and reshaped our cities. We have also managed to overcome the worsening of poverty, traffic accidents, and environmental pollution caused by war and economic depression by building mutual support systems and creating new spatial configuration for cities. In this issue, we look back at the history of the many crises that humanity and cities have experienced, and review what we -- both humans and cities -- have gained as a result. Text in English and Japanese.

Author : Christopher Dresser
Publisher : London : Longmans, Green, and Company
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Architecture
ISBN : HARVARD:FL14XU

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Japan by Christopher Dresser Pdf