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Katsura: Imperial villa
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An outstanding example of Japanese architecture, Katsura has inspired countless architects from Bruno Taut and Le Corbusier to Tadao Ando and Kenzo Tange, and is often considered a precursor of Modernist tendencies. Now available in a new format, ''Katsura Imperial Villa'' offers an in-depth exploration of the seventeenth-century palace in Kyoto, Japan through detailed(...)
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An outstanding example of Japanese architecture, Katsura has inspired countless architects from Bruno Taut and Le Corbusier to Tadao Ando and Kenzo Tange, and is often considered a precursor of Modernist tendencies. Now available in a new format, ''Katsura Imperial Villa'' offers an in-depth exploration of the seventeenth-century palace in Kyoto, Japan through detailed(...)
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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August 2025
August 2025
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Katsura: Imperial villa
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An outstanding example of Japanese architecture, Katsura has inspired countless architects from Bruno Taut and Le Corbusier to Tadao Ando and Kenzo Tange, and is often considered a precursor of Modernist tendencies. Now available in a new format, ''Katsura Imperial Villa'' offers an in-depth exploration of the seventeenth-century palace in Kyoto, Japan through detailed drawings and historical analysis. The extensive selection of maps, drawings, and photographs make this book an indispensable reference work and offer unprecedented access to this beautiful palace.
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An outstanding example of Japanese architecture, Katsura has inspired countless architects from Bruno Taut and Le Corbusier to Tadao Ando and Kenzo Tange, and is often considered a precursor of Modernist tendencies. Now available in a new format, ''Katsura Imperial Villa'' offers an in-depth exploration of the seventeenth-century palace in Kyoto, Japan through detailed drawings and historical analysis. The extensive selection of maps, drawings, and photographs make this book an indispensable reference work and offer unprecedented access to this beautiful palace.
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August 2025
August 2025
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History until 1900, Asia
History until 1900, Asia
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Few structures combine the technical with the aesthetic in such an evocative way as bridges. From ancient times to the present, bridges have had a unique attraction on the imagination, eliciting awe, wonder and passion. "Bridges" celebrates the technical and artistic achievements in the creation, design, engineering, construction and social history of 100 remarkable(...)
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Few structures combine the technical with the aesthetic in such an evocative way as bridges. From ancient times to the present, bridges have had a unique attraction on the imagination, eliciting awe, wonder and passion. "Bridges" celebrates the technical and artistic achievements in the creation, design, engineering, construction and social history of 100 remarkable(...)
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Bridges : three thousand years of defying nature
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Few structures combine the technical with the aesthetic in such an evocative way as bridges. From ancient times to the present, bridges have had a unique attraction on the imagination, eliciting awe, wonder and passion. "Bridges" celebrates the technical and artistic achievements in the creation, design, engineering, construction and social history of 100 remarkable bridges. The book reveals the secrets and science of the timeless masonry of imperial Rome, the elegant wooden edifices of ancient Japan and the soaring steel structures of today.
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Few structures combine the technical with the aesthetic in such an evocative way as bridges. From ancient times to the present, bridges have had a unique attraction on the imagination, eliciting awe, wonder and passion. "Bridges" celebrates the technical and artistic achievements in the creation, design, engineering, construction and social history of 100 remarkable bridges. The book reveals the secrets and science of the timeless masonry of imperial Rome, the elegant wooden edifices of ancient Japan and the soaring steel structures of today.
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September 2005
September 2005
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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A co-founder in the 1960s of the influential metabolism movement in Japan, which promoted adaptable structures, Kurokawa has recently articulated his theory of symbiosis, in which he examines the contemporary shift from machine-age values to more organic environments. This retrospective book spans his career, illuminating the continuity, originality, and humanity of his(...)
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A co-founder in the 1960s of the influential metabolism movement in Japan, which promoted adaptable structures, Kurokawa has recently articulated his theory of symbiosis, in which he examines the contemporary shift from machine-age values to more organic environments. This retrospective book spans his career, illuminating the continuity, originality, and humanity of his(...)
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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August 2005, Berlin
August 2005, Berlin
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Kisho Kurokawa : metabolism and symbiosis
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A co-founder in the 1960s of the influential metabolism movement in Japan, which promoted adaptable structures, Kurokawa has recently articulated his theory of symbiosis, in which he examines the contemporary shift from machine-age values to more organic environments. This retrospective book spans his career, illuminating the continuity, originality, and humanity of his work. Covered here are less-familiar early designs and current undertakings of astounding proportions, like Zhengdong New District in China, a planned city of 15,000 people.
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A co-founder in the 1960s of the influential metabolism movement in Japan, which promoted adaptable structures, Kurokawa has recently articulated his theory of symbiosis, in which he examines the contemporary shift from machine-age values to more organic environments. This retrospective book spans his career, illuminating the continuity, originality, and humanity of his work. Covered here are less-familiar early designs and current undertakings of astounding proportions, like Zhengdong New District in China, a planned city of 15,000 people.
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August 2005, Berlin
August 2005, Berlin
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Guillaume Simoneau: Murder
Guillaume Simoneau: Murder
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The genesis of Guillaume Simoneau’s new book, ''Murder,'' is in spring 1982. At around the same time Masahisa Fukase was producing his post-war masterpiece ''Karasu'' (''Ravens''), Simoneau’s family adopted a nest full of baby crows orphaned from a fallen tree. The photographs from this time, taken by Simoneau’s mother, paint an unusual and lyrical vision of childhood.(...)
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The genesis of Guillaume Simoneau’s new book, ''Murder,'' is in spring 1982. At around the same time Masahisa Fukase was producing his post-war masterpiece ''Karasu'' (''Ravens''), Simoneau’s family adopted a nest full of baby crows orphaned from a fallen tree. The photographs from this time, taken by Simoneau’s mother, paint an unusual and lyrical vision of childhood.(...)
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Guillaume Simoneau: Murder
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The genesis of Guillaume Simoneau’s new book, ''Murder,'' is in spring 1982. At around the same time Masahisa Fukase was producing his post-war masterpiece ''Karasu'' (''Ravens''), Simoneau’s family adopted a nest full of baby crows orphaned from a fallen tree. The photographs from this time, taken by Simoneau’s mother, paint an unusual and lyrical vision of childhood. Nearly forty years later, these moments are memorialised in dialogue with Simoneau’s new works, produced in the spring of 2016 and 2017 in Kanazawa, Japan.
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The genesis of Guillaume Simoneau’s new book, ''Murder,'' is in spring 1982. At around the same time Masahisa Fukase was producing his post-war masterpiece ''Karasu'' (''Ravens''), Simoneau’s family adopted a nest full of baby crows orphaned from a fallen tree. The photographs from this time, taken by Simoneau’s mother, paint an unusual and lyrical vision of childhood. Nearly forty years later, these moments are memorialised in dialogue with Simoneau’s new works, produced in the spring of 2016 and 2017 in Kanazawa, Japan.
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September 2019
September 2019
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Photography monographs
Photography monographs
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This is a thoroughly revised and much extended version of a book that drew extensive praise in its first edition. Most parts have stood the test of time and remain. A few are replaced or removed; about a hundred figures appear for the first time. Most important is an entirely new (sixth) section. This brings together many of the urban characteristics, otherwise(...)
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This is a thoroughly revised and much extended version of a book that drew extensive praise in its first edition. Most parts have stood the test of time and remain. A few are replaced or removed; about a hundred figures appear for the first time. Most important is an entirely new (sixth) section. This brings together many of the urban characteristics, otherwise(...)
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Learning from the Japanese city
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This is a thoroughly revised and much extended version of a book that drew extensive praise in its first edition. Most parts have stood the test of time and remain. A few are replaced or removed; about a hundred figures appear for the first time. Most important is an entirely new (sixth) section. This brings together many of the urban characteristics, otherwise encountered in fragments through the book, in one walkable district of what is arguably Japan 's most convenient metropolis, Nagoya.
Learning from the Japanese city
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This is a thoroughly revised and much extended version of a book that drew extensive praise in its first edition. Most parts have stood the test of time and remain. A few are replaced or removed; about a hundred figures appear for the first time. Most important is an entirely new (sixth) section. This brings together many of the urban characteristics, otherwise encountered in fragments through the book, in one walkable district of what is arguably Japan 's most convenient metropolis, Nagoya.
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October 2010
October 2010
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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xv, 664 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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xv, 664 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 1968.
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1968.
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Theories of modern art : a source book by artists and critics / Herschel B. Chipp [with] contributions by Peter Selz and Joshua C. Taylor.
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xv, 664 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Theories of modern art : a source book by artists and critics / Herschel B. Chipp [with] contributions by Peter Selz and Joshua C. Taylor.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 1968.
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1968.
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This book focusses on the Japanese influences upon Western architecture and presents three buildings of Tadao Ando : the Vitra Seminar House in Weil am Rheim (Germany), the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum (Japan) and Fabrica, Benetton Communication Research in Villorba/Treviso (Italy). " The nearnest of the distant " - these concise title also hold a two-fold image : an(...)
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This book focusses on the Japanese influences upon Western architecture and presents three buildings of Tadao Ando : the Vitra Seminar House in Weil am Rheim (Germany), the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum (Japan) and Fabrica, Benetton Communication Research in Villorba/Treviso (Italy). " The nearnest of the distant " - these concise title also hold a two-fold image : an(...)
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Tadao Ando : the nearnest of the distant / nähe des fernen
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This book focusses on the Japanese influences upon Western architecture and presents three buildings of Tadao Ando : the Vitra Seminar House in Weil am Rheim (Germany), the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum (Japan) and Fabrica, Benetton Communication Research in Villorba/Treviso (Italy). " The nearnest of the distant " - these concise title also hold a two-fold image : an image that is seen from up close and the distance that lies therein. It also means to see history through the proximity of our time, through the here and now.
Tadao Ando : the nearnest of the distant / nähe des fernen
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This book focusses on the Japanese influences upon Western architecture and presents three buildings of Tadao Ando : the Vitra Seminar House in Weil am Rheim (Germany), the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum (Japan) and Fabrica, Benetton Communication Research in Villorba/Treviso (Italy). " The nearnest of the distant " - these concise title also hold a two-fold image : an image that is seen from up close and the distance that lies therein. It also means to see history through the proximity of our time, through the here and now.
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June 2005, Zürich
June 2005, Zürich
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Over the last twenty years, the massive growth of the interior design industry has been revolutionizing restaurants in Japan. "Contemporary Japanese Restaurant Design" features restaurants and bars which exemplify the best of current trends. The book includes 200 full-color photographs, floor plans, and descriptions, giving the reader a an insight into this phenomenon.(...)
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Over the last twenty years, the massive growth of the interior design industry has been revolutionizing restaurants in Japan. "Contemporary Japanese Restaurant Design" features restaurants and bars which exemplify the best of current trends. The book includes 200 full-color photographs, floor plans, and descriptions, giving the reader a an insight into this phenomenon.(...)
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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November 2003, Hong Kong
November 2003, Hong Kong
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Contemporary Japanese restaurant design
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Over the last twenty years, the massive growth of the interior design industry has been revolutionizing restaurants in Japan. "Contemporary Japanese Restaurant Design" features restaurants and bars which exemplify the best of current trends. The book includes 200 full-color photographs, floor plans, and descriptions, giving the reader a an insight into this phenomenon. The authors provide an introduction to Japanese architecture and interior design, an overview of traditional and contemporary styles, and a discussion of how these styles are being combined to create exciting restaurants.
Contemporary Japanese restaurant design
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Over the last twenty years, the massive growth of the interior design industry has been revolutionizing restaurants in Japan. "Contemporary Japanese Restaurant Design" features restaurants and bars which exemplify the best of current trends. The book includes 200 full-color photographs, floor plans, and descriptions, giving the reader a an insight into this phenomenon. The authors provide an introduction to Japanese architecture and interior design, an overview of traditional and contemporary styles, and a discussion of how these styles are being combined to create exciting restaurants.
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November 2003, Hong Kong
November 2003, Hong Kong
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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PowerShop presents the best and most recent retail designs by ten Japanese interior architects, each of whom agreed to a personal interview. Shops and showrooms created for established names like Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Nissan share centre stage with numerous smaller, cutting-edge boutiques. In-depth reviews of more than 30 projects are complemented by full-shot(...)
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PowerShop presents the best and most recent retail designs by ten Japanese interior architects, each of whom agreed to a personal interview. Shops and showrooms created for established names like Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Nissan share centre stage with numerous smaller, cutting-edge boutiques. In-depth reviews of more than 30 projects are complemented by full-shot(...)
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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May 2002, Basel and Amsterdam
May 2002, Basel and Amsterdam
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Powershop : new Japanese retail design
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PowerShop presents the best and most recent retail designs by ten Japanese interior architects, each of whom agreed to a personal interview. Shops and showrooms created for established names like Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Nissan share centre stage with numerous smaller, cutting-edge boutiques. In-depth reviews of more than 30 projects are complemented by full-shot and close-up photographs, as well as various drawings, including renderings. The book also features a complete reference section, statistics and a number of anecdotes about shopping in Japan.
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PowerShop presents the best and most recent retail designs by ten Japanese interior architects, each of whom agreed to a personal interview. Shops and showrooms created for established names like Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Nissan share centre stage with numerous smaller, cutting-edge boutiques. In-depth reviews of more than 30 projects are complemented by full-shot and close-up photographs, as well as various drawings, including renderings. The book also features a complete reference section, statistics and a number of anecdotes about shopping in Japan.
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May 2002, Basel and Amsterdam
May 2002, Basel and Amsterdam
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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The name MA of Gallery MA represents a distinctively Japanese concept of the delicate balance among people, time and space. Dedicated to architecture and design, the gallery has striven to become a provider of quality of information through originally produced exhibitions and lectures that communicate the thougts and philosophies of architects and designers in Japan and(...)
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The name MA of Gallery MA represents a distinctively Japanese concept of the delicate balance among people, time and space. Dedicated to architecture and design, the gallery has striven to become a provider of quality of information through originally produced exhibitions and lectures that communicate the thougts and philosophies of architects and designers in Japan and(...)
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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December 2005, Tokyo
December 2005, Tokyo
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Gallery MA 2001-2005 : transfiguration of the space 3
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The name MA of Gallery MA represents a distinctively Japanese concept of the delicate balance among people, time and space. Dedicated to architecture and design, the gallery has striven to become a provider of quality of information through originally produced exhibitions and lectures that communicate the thougts and philosophies of architects and designers in Japan and overseas. This publication collected exhibitions and other activities by Gallery MA from 2001 to 2005. The text of this publication was originally written by exhibitors for the exhibition.
Gallery MA 2001-2005 : transfiguration of the space 3
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The name MA of Gallery MA represents a distinctively Japanese concept of the delicate balance among people, time and space. Dedicated to architecture and design, the gallery has striven to become a provider of quality of information through originally produced exhibitions and lectures that communicate the thougts and philosophies of architects and designers in Japan and overseas. This publication collected exhibitions and other activities by Gallery MA from 2001 to 2005. The text of this publication was originally written by exhibitors for the exhibition.
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December 2005, Tokyo
December 2005, Tokyo
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
