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Almost every architect starts their career with the design of a residence. This fact alone helps to highlight the significant status of the residence in the field of Japanese architecture. This book is an informative compilation of the excellent design works by many outstanding Japanese architects. There are hundreds of stunning images showing visual beauty, with plenty(...)
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Almost every architect starts their career with the design of a residence. This fact alone helps to highlight the significant status of the residence in the field of Japanese architecture. This book is an informative compilation of the excellent design works by many outstanding Japanese architects. There are hundreds of stunning images showing visual beauty, with plenty(...)
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House vision: new spaces for Japanese residential architecture
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Almost every architect starts their career with the design of a residence. This fact alone helps to highlight the significant status of the residence in the field of Japanese architecture. This book is an informative compilation of the excellent design works by many outstanding Japanese architects. There are hundreds of stunning images showing visual beauty, with plenty of informative technical drawings and plans showing details. This book represents high-quality content in terms of local residential design, and outlines the insightful knowledge and unique ideas directly from Japanese architects on Japanese architecture.
House vision: new spaces for Japanese residential architecture
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Almost every architect starts their career with the design of a residence. This fact alone helps to highlight the significant status of the residence in the field of Japanese architecture. This book is an informative compilation of the excellent design works by many outstanding Japanese architects. There are hundreds of stunning images showing visual beauty, with plenty of informative technical drawings and plans showing details. This book represents high-quality content in terms of local residential design, and outlines the insightful knowledge and unique ideas directly from Japanese architects on Japanese architecture.
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February 2016
February 2016
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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Published as a companion analysis to an exhibition on the topic of illegal architecture in Taipei and China, this book focuses on the work and insight of two architects, Wang Shu and Hsieh Ying-chun, in a search for a more positive meaning for architecture. With an eye toward opening new possibilities for city life and instilling a sense of aesthetics in residents who(...)
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Published as a companion analysis to an exhibition on the topic of illegal architecture in Taipei and China, this book focuses on the work and insight of two architects, Wang Shu and Hsieh Ying-chun, in a search for a more positive meaning for architecture. With an eye toward opening new possibilities for city life and instilling a sense of aesthetics in residents who(...)
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Illegal architecture Wang Shu Hsieh Ying-Chun
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Published as a companion analysis to an exhibition on the topic of illegal architecture in Taipei and China, this book focuses on the work and insight of two architects, Wang Shu and Hsieh Ying-chun, in a search for a more positive meaning for architecture. With an eye toward opening new possibilities for city life and instilling a sense of aesthetics in residents who take action in an architectural and urban sense, its purpose is to show the vital and organic qualities of the city while circumventing or breaking regulatory and technological barriers.
Illegal architecture Wang Shu Hsieh Ying-Chun
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Published as a companion analysis to an exhibition on the topic of illegal architecture in Taipei and China, this book focuses on the work and insight of two architects, Wang Shu and Hsieh Ying-chun, in a search for a more positive meaning for architecture. With an eye toward opening new possibilities for city life and instilling a sense of aesthetics in residents who take action in an architectural and urban sense, its purpose is to show the vital and organic qualities of the city while circumventing or breaking regulatory and technological barriers.
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August 2013
August 2013
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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A city of ten million, Wuhan is the engineering center of China, a site of remarkable functional architecture on a breathtaking scale. This book features photographs, plans and accounts of major projects found in or originating in Wuhan, along with analyses of twenty-four the most impressive engineering works in China, including the Three Gorges Dam, power plants,(...)
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A city of ten million, Wuhan is the engineering center of China, a site of remarkable functional architecture on a breathtaking scale. This book features photographs, plans and accounts of major projects found in or originating in Wuhan, along with analyses of twenty-four the most impressive engineering works in China, including the Three Gorges Dam, power plants,(...)
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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September 2013
September 2013
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Engineering design : Made in Wuhan, China
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A city of ten million, Wuhan is the engineering center of China, a site of remarkable functional architecture on a breathtaking scale. This book features photographs, plans and accounts of major projects found in or originating in Wuhan, along with analyses of twenty-four the most impressive engineering works in China, including the Three Gorges Dam, power plants, tunnels, and bridges.
Engineering design : Made in Wuhan, China
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A city of ten million, Wuhan is the engineering center of China, a site of remarkable functional architecture on a breathtaking scale. This book features photographs, plans and accounts of major projects found in or originating in Wuhan, along with analyses of twenty-four the most impressive engineering works in China, including the Three Gorges Dam, power plants, tunnels, and bridges.
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September 2013
September 2013
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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Young Chinese architects are designing compelling alternatives to China's rapid urbanization between tradition and the future. Homecoming presents work by an emerging generation of Chinese architects that uses unique design and working approaches to resist generic mass construction and foreign iconic building. In particular, these architects are offering resistance(...)
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Young Chinese architects are designing compelling alternatives to China's rapid urbanization between tradition and the future. Homecoming presents work by an emerging generation of Chinese architects that uses unique design and working approaches to resist generic mass construction and foreign iconic building. In particular, these architects are offering resistance(...)
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September 2013
September 2013
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Homecoming: contextualizing, materializing and practicing the rural in China
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Young Chinese architects are designing compelling alternatives to China's rapid urbanization between tradition and the future. Homecoming presents work by an emerging generation of Chinese architects that uses unique design and working approaches to resist generic mass construction and foreign iconic building. In particular, these architects are offering resistance against the rapid urbanization that has dominated the Chinese landscape. By responding to a local Chinese context, they have raised the avant-garde of China's architectural design practice in recent years.
Homecoming: contextualizing, materializing and practicing the rural in China
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Young Chinese architects are designing compelling alternatives to China's rapid urbanization between tradition and the future. Homecoming presents work by an emerging generation of Chinese architects that uses unique design and working approaches to resist generic mass construction and foreign iconic building. In particular, these architects are offering resistance against the rapid urbanization that has dominated the Chinese landscape. By responding to a local Chinese context, they have raised the avant-garde of China's architectural design practice in recent years.
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September 2013
September 2013
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This publication presents projects in recent years in Japan, which respond to the need for new forms of housing. The architects are developing solutions that allow residents to live together but still maintain enough distance and privacy. The presented apartment types and their layout allow for a variety of life models. Particularly interesting here is the use of spaces(...)
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This publication presents projects in recent years in Japan, which respond to the need for new forms of housing. The architects are developing solutions that allow residents to live together but still maintain enough distance and privacy. The presented apartment types and their layout allow for a variety of life models. Particularly interesting here is the use of spaces(...)
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November 2013
November 2013
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Future living: collective housing in Japan
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This publication presents projects in recent years in Japan, which respond to the need for new forms of housing. The architects are developing solutions that allow residents to live together but still maintain enough distance and privacy. The presented apartment types and their layout allow for a variety of life models. Particularly interesting here is the use of spaces that provide a gradual transition from public to private space - an approach to building that, according to experts, could revolutionize western residential architecture. The publication portrays these new forms of building and living based on prominent Japanese examples that include Shigerun Ban, Sou Foujimoto, and SANAA.
Future living: collective housing in Japan
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This publication presents projects in recent years in Japan, which respond to the need for new forms of housing. The architects are developing solutions that allow residents to live together but still maintain enough distance and privacy. The presented apartment types and their layout allow for a variety of life models. Particularly interesting here is the use of spaces that provide a gradual transition from public to private space - an approach to building that, according to experts, could revolutionize western residential architecture. The publication portrays these new forms of building and living based on prominent Japanese examples that include Shigerun Ban, Sou Foujimoto, and SANAA.
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November 2013
November 2013
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Rural Urban Framework is a work group at the University of Hong Kong that not only researches the far-reaching changes of the last thirty years in China's rural areas, but has also realized concrete projects aimed at improving supply and infrastructure on site. In this publication, the authors present for the first time the results of their research as well as their built(...)
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Rural Urban Framework is a work group at the University of Hong Kong that not only researches the far-reaching changes of the last thirty years in China's rural areas, but has also realized concrete projects aimed at improving supply and infrastructure on site. In this publication, the authors present for the first time the results of their research as well as their built(...)
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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November 2013
November 2013
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Rural Urban Framework: Transforming the Chinese countryside
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Rural Urban Framework is a work group at the University of Hong Kong that not only researches the far-reaching changes of the last thirty years in China's rural areas, but has also realized concrete projects aimed at improving supply and infrastructure on site. In this publication, the authors present for the first time the results of their research as well as their built projects in the Chinese backlands, and question whether China's only future model lies in cities.
Rural Urban Framework: Transforming the Chinese countryside
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Rural Urban Framework is a work group at the University of Hong Kong that not only researches the far-reaching changes of the last thirty years in China's rural areas, but has also realized concrete projects aimed at improving supply and infrastructure on site. In this publication, the authors present for the first time the results of their research as well as their built projects in the Chinese backlands, and question whether China's only future model lies in cities.
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November 2013
November 2013
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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Les vingt maisons présentées dans ce livre illustrent comment les Japonais, sur des parcelles urbaines exiguës, ont su créer des espaces de vie riches et variés, entre dedans et dehors, entre intimité et ouverture sur la ville, pour offrir des lieux où l’art d’habiter répond aux besoins contemporains de vivre une certaine présence au monde. En offrant une approche(...)
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Les vingt maisons présentées dans ce livre illustrent comment les Japonais, sur des parcelles urbaines exiguës, ont su créer des espaces de vie riches et variés, entre dedans et dehors, entre intimité et ouverture sur la ville, pour offrir des lieux où l’art d’habiter répond aux besoins contemporains de vivre une certaine présence au monde. En offrant une approche(...)
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20 maisons nippones: un art d'habiter les petits espaces
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Les vingt maisons présentées dans ce livre illustrent comment les Japonais, sur des parcelles urbaines exiguës, ont su créer des espaces de vie riches et variés, entre dedans et dehors, entre intimité et ouverture sur la ville, pour offrir des lieux où l’art d’habiter répond aux besoins contemporains de vivre une certaine présence au monde. En offrant une approche sensible de ces paysages de l’habiter, ces exemples permettront au lecteur d’expérimenter par lui-même la manière dont est vécu l’espace au Japon et de s’inspirer de solutions d’aménagement spécifiques à de toutes petites surfaces.
20 maisons nippones: un art d'habiter les petits espaces
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Les vingt maisons présentées dans ce livre illustrent comment les Japonais, sur des parcelles urbaines exiguës, ont su créer des espaces de vie riches et variés, entre dedans et dehors, entre intimité et ouverture sur la ville, pour offrir des lieux où l’art d’habiter répond aux besoins contemporains de vivre une certaine présence au monde. En offrant une approche sensible de ces paysages de l’habiter, ces exemples permettront au lecteur d’expérimenter par lui-même la manière dont est vécu l’espace au Japon et de s’inspirer de solutions d’aménagement spécifiques à de toutes petites surfaces.
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November 2013
November 2013
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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In three decades of visits to China, photographer Lois Conner has witnessed firsthand the monumental physical transformation of the country. Nowhere is this change more dramatic than in the capital city of Beijing, the subject of Conner's new book Beijing: Contemporary and Imperial. Conner's black-and-white panoramas reveal an ancient city in thrall to change, where the(...)
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In three decades of visits to China, photographer Lois Conner has witnessed firsthand the monumental physical transformation of the country. Nowhere is this change more dramatic than in the capital city of Beijing, the subject of Conner's new book Beijing: Contemporary and Imperial. Conner's black-and-white panoramas reveal an ancient city in thrall to change, where the(...)
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March 2014
March 2014
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Beijing: contemporary and imperial
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In three decades of visits to China, photographer Lois Conner has witnessed firsthand the monumental physical transformation of the country. Nowhere is this change more dramatic than in the capital city of Beijing, the subject of Conner's new book Beijing: Contemporary and Imperial. Conner's black-and-white panoramas reveal an ancient city in thrall to change, where the lingering splendor of a dynastic past is cast into shadow by rising concrete and steel.
Beijing: contemporary and imperial
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In three decades of visits to China, photographer Lois Conner has witnessed firsthand the monumental physical transformation of the country. Nowhere is this change more dramatic than in the capital city of Beijing, the subject of Conner's new book Beijing: Contemporary and Imperial. Conner's black-and-white panoramas reveal an ancient city in thrall to change, where the lingering splendor of a dynastic past is cast into shadow by rising concrete and steel.
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March 2014
March 2014
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Shanghai, c’est la ville mythique par excellence. Capable de se renouveler cycliquement, de se rebâtir continuellement, on pourrait la croire dans un présent absolu, comme absente à son histoire, récente ou non, comme sans mémoire. Mais ce qui était vrai au début des années 2000 ne l’est peut-être plus aujourd’hui. Ville à l’avant-garde, ville laboratoire, elle a connu(...)
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Shanghai, c’est la ville mythique par excellence. Capable de se renouveler cycliquement, de se rebâtir continuellement, on pourrait la croire dans un présent absolu, comme absente à son histoire, récente ou non, comme sans mémoire. Mais ce qui était vrai au début des années 2000 ne l’est peut-être plus aujourd’hui. Ville à l’avant-garde, ville laboratoire, elle a connu(...)
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Shangaï: l'ordinaire et l'exceptionnel
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Shanghai, c’est la ville mythique par excellence. Capable de se renouveler cycliquement, de se rebâtir continuellement, on pourrait la croire dans un présent absolu, comme absente à son histoire, récente ou non, comme sans mémoire. Mais ce qui était vrai au début des années 2000 ne l’est peut-être plus aujourd’hui. Ville à l’avant-garde, ville laboratoire, elle a connu des bouleversements majeurs. Au cours de cette traversée des années 1980 à nos jours, Françoise Ged nous guide dans cette ville où l’ordinaire et l’exceptionnel sans cesse se côtoient.
Shangaï: l'ordinaire et l'exceptionnel
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Shanghai, c’est la ville mythique par excellence. Capable de se renouveler cycliquement, de se rebâtir continuellement, on pourrait la croire dans un présent absolu, comme absente à son histoire, récente ou non, comme sans mémoire. Mais ce qui était vrai au début des années 2000 ne l’est peut-être plus aujourd’hui. Ville à l’avant-garde, ville laboratoire, elle a connu des bouleversements majeurs. Au cours de cette traversée des années 1980 à nos jours, Françoise Ged nous guide dans cette ville où l’ordinaire et l’exceptionnel sans cesse se côtoient.
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April 2014
April 2014
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
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Do android crows fly over the skies of an electronic Tokyo? An interactive urban landscape of Japan
Do android crows fly over the skies of an electronic Tokyo? An interactive urban landscape of Japan
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The impact on Japanese cities of social and technological change is the focus of this collection of essays by Akira Suzuki. The essays describe urban rituals and catastophes, and suggest lessons that might be learnt from them.
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The impact on Japanese cities of social and technological change is the focus of this collection of essays by Akira Suzuki. The essays describe urban rituals and catastophes, and suggest lessons that might be learnt from them.
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Do android crows fly over the skies of an electronic Tokyo? An interactive urban landscape of Japan
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The impact on Japanese cities of social and technological change is the focus of this collection of essays by Akira Suzuki. The essays describe urban rituals and catastophes, and suggest lessons that might be learnt from them.
Do android crows fly over the skies of an electronic Tokyo? An interactive urban landscape of Japan
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The impact on Japanese cities of social and technological change is the focus of this collection of essays by Akira Suzuki. The essays describe urban rituals and catastophes, and suggest lessons that might be learnt from them.
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January 1900, London
January 1900, London
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Contemporary Asian Architecture
Contemporary Asian Architecture
