The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture: From the Founders to Shinohara and Isozaki

Stewart, David B.

ISBN 10: 4770029330 / ISBN 13: 9784770029331

Published by Kodansha International Ltd, 2002

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First Paperback Edition (stated), 2002. Fine contents and unclipped dust jacket; clean and tightly bound. Very light mark on the cover, remains fine. A very nice copy. International shipping may require added postage charges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture: From the Founders to Shinohara and Isozaki
• Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 4770029330
• ISBN 13: 9784770029331
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art, Photography and Architecture
  • Science and Technology

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Synopsis

The year 1988 commemorating the fourth generation since the Meiji Restoration of 1868 defined Japan's position-political, economic, and cultural-in the modern world. This period of history, which witnessed the rise, defeat, and rebirth of contemporary Japan, gave rise to a distinctive and important architectural style. David Stewart explores the modern Japnese ideals by interrogating the early and, then, the mature works of Kazuo Shinohara and Arata Isozaki-linking the buildings of these years with a surge of interest in phenomenology, a fascination with the techniques of Russian formalism, and even a Japnese rereading of Proust. Finally, Stewart gives an explication of "Japnese Space."

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