New Japan Architecture

图书标准信息

• 作者 Geeta、Deanna MacDonald 著
• 出版社 Tuttle Publishing
• 出版时间 2011-09
• ISBN 9784805309483
• 定价 613.70元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TheglobalchangestakingplaceinthearchitecturalworldarecrystallizingrightnowinJapan,withthepastfiveyearsbeingconsideredoneofthemostinnovativeperiodsincurrentJapanesedesignhistory.Observedbyarchitectsanddesignersfromaroundtheworld,thesechangesareillustratedandarticulatedinNewJapanArchitecture.

Bydocumenting48importantprojectsby42establishedandavant-gardearchitects,thisbooktakesthereaderthroughajourneyofcurrenttrendsincontemporaryJapanesearchitectureandpredictsfuturedirections.WhilesomebuildingsstrivefortheultimateZenwhitecube,othersexemplifythesearchforthe'Wow'factor.Cuttingedgemodernityinsomebuildingsiscounteredbyaconcernforsustainabilityinothers.TheselectionofbuildingsinNewJapanArchitectureincludesprojectsthatarebigandsmall,privateandpublic,residentialandcommercial.Theinformativewritingscomplementbeautifulphotographsthathighlighttheremarkableaspectsofeachbuilding.Amust-havebookforthoseinterestedinarchitectureandJapan.

【作者简介】

GeetaMehtaisanadjunctprofessorofarchitectureandurbandesignatColumbiaUniversityinNewYork.AresidentofJapanfor23years,sheisapracticingarchitectwhohasdesignedprojectsintheUSA,Japan,India,VietnamandIndonesia.Sheistheco-authorofseveralbooksincludingJapanStyle,JapanHousesandJapanLiving.

DeannaMacDonaldstudiedartandarchitecturalhistoryinCanadaandEurope.ShereceivedherMAfromtheCentralEuropeanUniversityinPragueandherPh.D.fromMcGillUniversityinMontreal.ShecurrentlyresidesinTokyo.