Carver, Norman F., Jr.

Form & space in Japanese architecture / Norman F. Carver, Jr.

2nd ed.

Kalamazoo, Mich. : Documan Press, 1993.

224 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

This groundbreaking book, first published in the 1950's & long out-of-print, has been greatly expanded with more than 100 new photographs superbly printed from all new laser-scanned plates. Not a historical survey, the book illuminates principles underlying traditional Japanese architecture's elegant forms & lyrical spaces with examples from renowned palaces to obscure temples --documented during Carver's years in Japan. Reviewing the first edition of FORM & SPACE IN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE, critics wrote, "Carver teaches through his camera how to see Japanese architecture from an angle quite new & different ... he shows the oldest is akin to the newest"; " ... his fresh sense makes even we Japanese find new ways of looking at Japanese architecture which has escaped most people --there is almost no other book of its kind." Architect Walter Gropius called it "outstanding, particularly as a stimulation for the contemporary architect ... an extraordinary collection of photographs ... of all the books it has the best understanding of what I believe to be Japanese architecture."

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Form and space in Japanese architecture

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 222321
Cote: NA44.C332.A35 1993
Statut: Disponible