Matter in the Floating World: Conversations with Leading Japanese Architects and Designers - Softcover

Brownell, Blaine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568989962 ISBN 13: 9781568989969

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2011

Synopsis

It can be argued that Japan contains a higher number of internationally significant architects and designers relative to its geographic size than anywhere else in the world. Japanese designers regularly implement radical experiments in new materials and building systems that successfully address imminent energy and resource challenges. These technological achievements are combined with an acute awareness of the ephemerality of existence, creating a rich dialogue between the concrete and the abstract.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568989962
• ISBN 13: 9781568989969
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256