Instant Asia: Fast Forward Through the Architecture of a Changing Continent - Softcover

Joseph Grima; Gaia Gambiaggi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 886130303X ISBN 13: 9788861303034

Publisher: Skira Editore, 2008

Synopsis

A survey of emergent Asian architects from India to Japan including Philippines. The Asian continent today acts as a theatre to some of the most rapid changes in the urban environment ever to occur anywhere in the world. As cities and economies expand at an almost immeasurable pace, Asian architects faces new challenges and opportunities. Through interviews, conversations, and visits to architecture studios across the continent, Instant Asia documents the most recent built projects of the emerging generation of designers shaping the architectural identity of Asia today.

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About the Author

Joseph Grima is a New York-based architect and researcher. After graduating from the Architectural Association in London, he worked as an editor and adviser at Domus magazine, Milan. He is at present Director of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, a non-profit exhibit and events space in New York City committed to the advancement of innovative positions in architecture, art, and design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Skira Editore
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 886130303X
• ISBN 13: 9788861303034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264