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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(...)
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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(...)
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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January 1900, Cambridge / London
January 1900, Cambridge / London
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Japan-ness in architecture
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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. Arata Isosaki is a leading Japanese architect. His works include the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, the Volksbank Center am Postdamer Platz in Berlin, the Team Disney Building in Orlando, and the Tokyo University of Art and Design. Translated by Sabu Kohso. Foreword by Toshiko Mori.
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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. Arata Isosaki is a leading Japanese architect. His works include the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, the Volksbank Center am Postdamer Platz in Berlin, the Team Disney Building in Orlando, and the Tokyo University of Art and Design. Translated by Sabu Kohso. Foreword by Toshiko Mori.
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January 1900, Cambridge / London
January 1900, Cambridge / London
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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Alors que la notion de patrimoine était encore peu partagée en métropole, dès 1830 de nombreux architectes allèrent inventorier les richesses de l'Algérie. Deux fonds importants relatifs à ces campagnes dormaient depuis dans des bibliothèques françaises: de nombreux relevés et dessins aquarellés à la Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine et sept albums de(...)
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Alors que la notion de patrimoine était encore peu partagée en métropole, dès 1830 de nombreux architectes allèrent inventorier les richesses de l'Algérie. Deux fonds importants relatifs à ces campagnes dormaient depuis dans des bibliothèques françaises: de nombreux relevés et dessins aquarellés à la Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine et sept albums de(...)
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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January 1900, Paris
January 1900, Paris
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L'Algérie et son patrimoine : dessins français du XIXe siècle
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Alors que la notion de patrimoine était encore peu partagée en métropole, dès 1830 de nombreux architectes allèrent inventorier les richesses de l'Algérie. Deux fonds importants relatifs à ces campagnes dormaient depuis dans des bibliothèques françaises: de nombreux relevés et dessins aquarellés à la Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine et sept albums de l'architecte Delamarre à la Sorbonne. C'est à partir de leur redécouverte que les auteurs du présent ouvrage, eux-mêmes architectes et enseignants originaires d'Algérie, resituent cette autre dimension du fait colonial et soulignent la naissance d'une conscience patrimoniale: de l'inédit pour cette année de l'Algérie en France.
L'Algérie et son patrimoine : dessins français du XIXe siècle
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Alors que la notion de patrimoine était encore peu partagée en métropole, dès 1830 de nombreux architectes allèrent inventorier les richesses de l'Algérie. Deux fonds importants relatifs à ces campagnes dormaient depuis dans des bibliothèques françaises: de nombreux relevés et dessins aquarellés à la Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine et sept albums de l'architecte Delamarre à la Sorbonne. C'est à partir de leur redécouverte que les auteurs du présent ouvrage, eux-mêmes architectes et enseignants originaires d'Algérie, resituent cette autre dimension du fait colonial et soulignent la naissance d'une conscience patrimoniale: de l'inédit pour cette année de l'Algérie en France.
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January 1900, Paris
January 1900, Paris
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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Several of the responsive design strategies revealed in this book are directly applicable beyond Japan where they could make a significant contribution to sustaining natural and cultural diversity globally.
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Several of the responsive design strategies revealed in this book are directly applicable beyond Japan where they could make a significant contribution to sustaining natural and cultural diversity globally.
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Place, time and being in Japanese architecture
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Several of the responsive design strategies revealed in this book are directly applicable beyond Japan where they could make a significant contribution to sustaining natural and cultural diversity globally.
Place, time and being in Japanese architecture
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Several of the responsive design strategies revealed in this book are directly applicable beyond Japan where they could make a significant contribution to sustaining natural and cultural diversity globally.
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May 2004, London
May 2004, London
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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In this book a city planner, an architect and a historian trace the urban development of this outstanding city and analyse its architecture in urban and historical contexts from its origins in the pre-Islamic period to the situation today.
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In this book a city planner, an architect and a historian trace the urban development of this outstanding city and analyse its architecture in urban and historical contexts from its origins in the pre-Islamic period to the situation today.
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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May 2003, Stuttgart
May 2003, Stuttgart
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Bukhara : the eastern dome of Islam
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In this book a city planner, an architect and a historian trace the urban development of this outstanding city and analyse its architecture in urban and historical contexts from its origins in the pre-Islamic period to the situation today.
Bukhara : the eastern dome of Islam
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In this book a city planner, an architect and a historian trace the urban development of this outstanding city and analyse its architecture in urban and historical contexts from its origins in the pre-Islamic period to the situation today.
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May 2003, Stuttgart
May 2003, Stuttgart
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate these images with Palestine? All too often the Western media show the country’s gloomy side, and Palestinians as aggressors. It is this that makes identifying with them virtually impossible. If we are to relate to the Palestinians other images are needed, images seen from a cultural and(...)
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Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate these images with Palestine? All too often the Western media show the country’s gloomy side, and Palestinians as aggressors. It is this that makes identifying with them virtually impossible. If we are to relate to the Palestinians other images are needed, images seen from a cultural and(...)
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Subjective atlas of Palestine
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Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate these images with Palestine? All too often the Western media show the country’s gloomy side, and Palestinians as aggressors. It is this that makes identifying with them virtually impossible. If we are to relate to the Palestinians other images are needed, images seen from a cultural and more human vantage point. The Dutch designer Annelys de Vet invited Palestinian artists, photographers and designers to map their country as they see it. Given their closeness to the subject, this has resulted in unconventional, very human impressions of the landscape and the architecture, the cuisine, the music and the poetry of thought and expression. The drawings, photographs, maps and narratives made for this atlas reveal individual life experiences, from preparing chickpeas to a manual on water pipe smoking, from historic dress to modern music. Pages containing humorous and caustic newspaper cartoons and invented Palestinian currency followed by colourful cultural diaries and moving letters from prisoners. All in all, the contributions give an entirely different angle on a nation in occupied territory. In this subjective atlas it is the Palestinians themselves who show the disarming reverse side of the black-and-white image generally resorted to by the media.
Subjective atlas of Palestine
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Sublime landscapes, tranquil urban scenes, frolicking children; who would associate these images with Palestine? All too often the Western media show the country’s gloomy side, and Palestinians as aggressors. It is this that makes identifying with them virtually impossible. If we are to relate to the Palestinians other images are needed, images seen from a cultural and more human vantage point. The Dutch designer Annelys de Vet invited Palestinian artists, photographers and designers to map their country as they see it. Given their closeness to the subject, this has resulted in unconventional, very human impressions of the landscape and the architecture, the cuisine, the music and the poetry of thought and expression. The drawings, photographs, maps and narratives made for this atlas reveal individual life experiences, from preparing chickpeas to a manual on water pipe smoking, from historic dress to modern music. Pages containing humorous and caustic newspaper cartoons and invented Palestinian currency followed by colourful cultural diaries and moving letters from prisoners. All in all, the contributions give an entirely different angle on a nation in occupied territory. In this subjective atlas it is the Palestinians themselves who show the disarming reverse side of the black-and-white image generally resorted to by the media.
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October 2007, Rotterdam
October 2007, Rotterdam
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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During his tenure as Chief Royal Architect (1539-1588) in the "Golden Age" of the Ottoman Empire, Sinan designed hundreds of structures that helped create the renowned urban image of Istanbul, particularly mosques with seemingly weightless, light-filled centralized domes that have been compared with developments in Renaissance Italy. His distinctive architectural idiom(...)
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During his tenure as Chief Royal Architect (1539-1588) in the "Golden Age" of the Ottoman Empire, Sinan designed hundreds of structures that helped create the renowned urban image of Istanbul, particularly mosques with seemingly weightless, light-filled centralized domes that have been compared with developments in Renaissance Italy. His distinctive architectural idiom(...)
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The Age of Sinan : architectural culture in the Ottoman Empire
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During his tenure as Chief Royal Architect (1539-1588) in the "Golden Age" of the Ottoman Empire, Sinan designed hundreds of structures that helped create the renowned urban image of Istanbul, particularly mosques with seemingly weightless, light-filled centralized domes that have been compared with developments in Renaissance Italy. His distinctive architectural idiom left its imprint over a vast empire extending from the Danube to the Tigris, and he became the most celebrated of all Ottoman architects. In this lavishly illustrated, major new assessment of Sinan's oeuvre, Gülru Necipoglu challenges standard views of Sinan as a "Turkish Michelangelo" driven solely by an insatiable urge for artistic experimentation. Her innovative analysis shows that Sinan's rich variety of mosque designs sprang from a process of negotiation between the architect and his elite patrons, both men and women. Defined though they were by social and territorial hierarchies and associated notions of identity, memory, and decorum, Sinan's mosques simultaneously shaped these conceptions. "The Age of Sinan" draws on a wealth of primary sources to reveal the chief architect's monuments as bearers of previously unrecognized dimensions of meaning. A sophisticated study of the cultural and social history of Ottoman architecture, interpreting the works of a seminal figure in the early modern eastern Mediterranean world, it is must-reading for scholars and students of art history and other fields with an interest in the Ottoman Empire.
The Age of Sinan : architectural culture in the Ottoman Empire
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During his tenure as Chief Royal Architect (1539-1588) in the "Golden Age" of the Ottoman Empire, Sinan designed hundreds of structures that helped create the renowned urban image of Istanbul, particularly mosques with seemingly weightless, light-filled centralized domes that have been compared with developments in Renaissance Italy. His distinctive architectural idiom left its imprint over a vast empire extending from the Danube to the Tigris, and he became the most celebrated of all Ottoman architects. In this lavishly illustrated, major new assessment of Sinan's oeuvre, Gülru Necipoglu challenges standard views of Sinan as a "Turkish Michelangelo" driven solely by an insatiable urge for artistic experimentation. Her innovative analysis shows that Sinan's rich variety of mosque designs sprang from a process of negotiation between the architect and his elite patrons, both men and women. Defined though they were by social and territorial hierarchies and associated notions of identity, memory, and decorum, Sinan's mosques simultaneously shaped these conceptions. "The Age of Sinan" draws on a wealth of primary sources to reveal the chief architect's monuments as bearers of previously unrecognized dimensions of meaning. A sophisticated study of the cultural and social history of Ottoman architecture, interpreting the works of a seminal figure in the early modern eastern Mediterranean world, it is must-reading for scholars and students of art history and other fields with an interest in the Ottoman Empire.
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May 2005, Princeton
May 2005, Princeton
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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The temple of Jerusalem
The temple of Jerusalem
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The Temple has become the world's most potent symbol of the human search for an lost ideal, an image of greatness. Goldhill travels across cultural and temporal boundaries to convey the full extent of its impact on religious, artistic, and scholarly imaginations.
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The Temple has become the world's most potent symbol of the human search for an lost ideal, an image of greatness. Goldhill travels across cultural and temporal boundaries to convey the full extent of its impact on religious, artistic, and scholarly imaginations.
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The temple of Jerusalem
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The Temple has become the world's most potent symbol of the human search for an lost ideal, an image of greatness. Goldhill travels across cultural and temporal boundaries to convey the full extent of its impact on religious, artistic, and scholarly imaginations.
The temple of Jerusalem
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The Temple has become the world's most potent symbol of the human search for an lost ideal, an image of greatness. Goldhill travels across cultural and temporal boundaries to convey the full extent of its impact on religious, artistic, and scholarly imaginations.
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March 2005, Cambridge
March 2005, Cambridge
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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Ce livre présente l'examen d'un siècle et demi de théorie architecturale japonaise. Les textes et discours théoriques choisis sont ceux qui sont les plus représentatifs des réflexions du monde architectural et de la création au Japon de la fin du XIXe à la fin du XXe siècle. Il montre l'évolution des tendances pour essayer de mettre en évidence la part du milieu.
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Ce livre présente l'examen d'un siècle et demi de théorie architecturale japonaise. Les textes et discours théoriques choisis sont ceux qui sont les plus représentatifs des réflexions du monde architectural et de la création au Japon de la fin du XIXe à la fin du XXe siècle. Il montre l'évolution des tendances pour essayer de mettre en évidence la part du milieu.
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Anthologie critique de la theorie japonaise
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Ce livre présente l'examen d'un siècle et demi de théorie architecturale japonaise. Les textes et discours théoriques choisis sont ceux qui sont les plus représentatifs des réflexions du monde architectural et de la création au Japon de la fin du XIXe à la fin du XXe siècle. Il montre l'évolution des tendances pour essayer de mettre en évidence la part du milieu.
Anthologie critique de la theorie japonaise
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Ce livre présente l'examen d'un siècle et demi de théorie architecturale japonaise. Les textes et discours théoriques choisis sont ceux qui sont les plus représentatifs des réflexions du monde architectural et de la création au Japon de la fin du XIXe à la fin du XXe siècle. Il montre l'évolution des tendances pour essayer de mettre en évidence la part du milieu.
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October 2004, Bruxelles
October 2004, Bruxelles
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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Les palais indiens
Les palais indiens
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Ce livre aborde les traditions architecturales historiques et régionales de l'Inde. Les plus anciens édifices royaux, les vastes cités impériales et citadelles.
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Ce livre aborde les traditions architecturales historiques et régionales de l'Inde. Les plus anciens édifices royaux, les vastes cités impériales et citadelles.
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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October 2004, Paris
October 2004, Paris
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Les palais indiens
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Ce livre aborde les traditions architecturales historiques et régionales de l'Inde. Les plus anciens édifices royaux, les vastes cités impériales et citadelles.
Les palais indiens
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Ce livre aborde les traditions architecturales historiques et régionales de l'Inde. Les plus anciens édifices royaux, les vastes cités impériales et citadelles.
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October 2004, Paris
October 2004, Paris
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History until 1900, Asia
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Japan is synonymous worldwide with traditional timber construction and the diversified use of wood in every sphere. Out of a long-enduring tradition emerge products of unrivalled refinement, craftsmanship and minimalist design. From bridges, through dwellings, sliding doors and furniture, to receptacles, tools and musical instruments, this publication presents the(...)
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Japan is synonymous worldwide with traditional timber construction and the diversified use of wood in every sphere. Out of a long-enduring tradition emerge products of unrivalled refinement, craftsmanship and minimalist design. From bridges, through dwellings, sliding doors and furniture, to receptacles, tools and musical instruments, this publication presents the(...)
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Japan, culture of wood : buildings, objects, techniques
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Japan is synonymous worldwide with traditional timber construction and the diversified use of wood in every sphere. Out of a long-enduring tradition emerge products of unrivalled refinement, craftsmanship and minimalist design. From bridges, through dwellings, sliding doors and furniture, to receptacles, tools and musical instruments, this publication presents the technique, tradition, context and production of some 30 different kinds of objects, focusing on the genesis of each. Every step from material selection through to surface finish is captured directly by noted photographer Roland Bauer in fascinating sequences, which combine with the detailed drawings to make each item's composition and production easy to grasp.
Japan, culture of wood : buildings, objects, techniques
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Japan is synonymous worldwide with traditional timber construction and the diversified use of wood in every sphere. Out of a long-enduring tradition emerge products of unrivalled refinement, craftsmanship and minimalist design. From bridges, through dwellings, sliding doors and furniture, to receptacles, tools and musical instruments, this publication presents the technique, tradition, context and production of some 30 different kinds of objects, focusing on the genesis of each. Every step from material selection through to surface finish is captured directly by noted photographer Roland Bauer in fascinating sequences, which combine with the detailed drawings to make each item's composition and production easy to grasp.
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September 2004, Basel
September 2004, Basel
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
