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Drawing on his professional experience of almost sixty years, Jacobs guides the reader through the lessons he's learnt as a planner and lover of cities. Cities from Brazil, Italy, India, Japan, China and the US are featured. Written with a engaging, humorous tone and Jacobs' own drawings, this publication transfers lessons on city design, building and urban change to all(...)
The good city: reflections and imaginations
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Drawing on his professional experience of almost sixty years, Jacobs guides the reader through the lessons he's learnt as a planner and lover of cities. Cities from Brazil, Italy, India, Japan, China and the US are featured. Written with a engaging, humorous tone and Jacobs' own drawings, this publication transfers lessons on city design, building and urban change to all those willing to help cities become the beautiful places they should be - and encourages all inhabitants to learn to appreciate and explore their own cities.
Urban Theory
Fiona Tan: Goraiko
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Published in conjunction with Fiona Tan’s eponymous exhibition at Sprengel Museum Hannover, which celebrates her being awarded the SPECTRUM International Prize for Photography of the Stiftung Niedersachsen in 2019, this book reflects the artist’s differentiated use of photography on a comprehensive scale, taking account of the phenomenon of time and at the interface with(...)
Fiona Tan: Goraiko
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Published in conjunction with Fiona Tan’s eponymous exhibition at Sprengel Museum Hannover, which celebrates her being awarded the SPECTRUM International Prize for Photography of the Stiftung Niedersachsen in 2019, this book reflects the artist’s differentiated use of photography on a comprehensive scale, taking account of the phenomenon of time and at the interface with the medium of film. ‘Goraiko’ translates as “the coming of the light”, and refers to the sunrise as seen from the top of Mt. Fuji, the highest point in Japan.
Photography monographs
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Since it was established in 1996 in Tokyo, Rocket has grown in notoriety as a Mecca for young creative spirits and their supporters. Here the activities of the gallery space are documented, accompanied by reproductions of art magazines that were produced between 2006 to 2007. An amazing and diverse collection of upcoming artists, illustrators and photographers, from(...)
Rocket magazine has become a book
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Since it was established in 1996 in Tokyo, Rocket has grown in notoriety as a Mecca for young creative spirits and their supporters. Here the activities of the gallery space are documented, accompanied by reproductions of art magazines that were produced between 2006 to 2007. An amazing and diverse collection of upcoming artists, illustrators and photographers, from predominantly Japan and New York, have collaborated with the gallery, including: Mark Borthwick, Peter Sutherland, Tracy Nakayama, Yukoo Mori, Peter Kienzle, Wowch, Yuri Miyagi, Tomomi Kazumoto and Mustone.
Graphic Design and Typography
Citix60: Tokyo
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Creatives who call Tokyo home share their favorite local spots in Victionarys CITIX60-Tokyo. The best of the city includes the nagare-zukuri style shrine to Emperor Meiji, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, a contemporary art gallery known for showcasing Japans avant-garde artists, Higashiya Ginza, a tea room with Japanese and English menu options, Tokyo Shiba Tofuya-Ukai, a(...)
Citix60: Tokyo
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Creatives who call Tokyo home share their favorite local spots in Victionarys CITIX60-Tokyo. The best of the city includes the nagare-zukuri style shrine to Emperor Meiji, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, a contemporary art gallery known for showcasing Japans avant-garde artists, Higashiya Ginza, a tea room with Japanese and English menu options, Tokyo Shiba Tofuya-Ukai, a restaurant that offers a view of a 71,000 sqft Japanese garden, and TWO ROOMS, an upscale restaurant that features a cellar containing 1,800 bottles. Folding map cover.
City Guides
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The Tale and the Tongue: A point of contact, a common ground.
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xxiv, 331 pages ; 24 cm
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Shadow-makers : a cultural history of shadows in architecture / Stephen Kite.
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159 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Basel : Birkhäuser, ©2012.
Building with bamboo / Gernot Minke ; [translation into English, Joy K. Henderson ; graphic design, David Lorente].
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235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
London ; New York : Phaidon, 2012., ©2012
Concrete / edited by William Hall ; essay by Leonard Koren.
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Kyoto : a cultural history
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Kyoto, the ancient former capital of Japan, breathes history and mystery. Its temples, gardens and palaces are testimony to many centuries of aristocratic and religious grandeur. Under the veneer of modernity, the city remains filled with countless reminders of a proud past. John Dougill explores this most venerable of Japanese cities, revealing the spirit of place and(...)
Kyoto : a cultural history
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Kyoto, the ancient former capital of Japan, breathes history and mystery. Its temples, gardens and palaces are testimony to many centuries of aristocratic and religious grandeur. Under the veneer of modernity, the city remains filled with countless reminders of a proud past. John Dougill explores this most venerable of Japanese cities, revealing the spirit of place and the individuals that have shaped its often dramatic history. Courtiers and courtesans, poets and priests, samurai and geisha people the pages of his account. Covering twelve centuries in all, the book provides a historical overview.
Contemporary Asian Architecture
Marina Tabassum: Landscape
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This book, which introduces the works of the internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, is her first monograph to be published in Japan. It features fourteen architectural projects by Tabassum, who responds flexibly to the challenging issues in Bangladesh, such as natural disasters, socio-economic disparities, refugees, and rapid urbanization, and(...)
Marina Tabassum: Landscape
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This book, which introduces the works of the internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, is her first monograph to be published in Japan. It features fourteen architectural projects by Tabassum, who responds flexibly to the challenging issues in Bangladesh, such as natural disasters, socio-economic disparities, refugees, and rapid urbanization, and creates architecture for people. The book also includes a dialogue between Tabassum and Shigeru Ban, who both address social issues through architecture, as well as an essay by Momoyo Kaijima, a woman architect of the same generation and a personal friend of Tabassum.
Architecture Monographs