Contemporary Japanese Architecture 40th Ed — Philip Jodidio
Contemporary Japanese Architecture 40th Ed
Philip JodidioTaschen
Contemporary Japanese Architecture 40th Ed
Philip JodidioDesigning private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect The scale may be more modest than public projects the technical fittings less complex than an industrial site but the preferences requirements and vision of particular personalities becomes priority The delicate task is to translate all the emotive associations and practical requirements of home into a workable constructed reality This publication rounds up 100 of the world s most interesting and pioneering homes designed in the past two decades featuring a host of talents both new and established including John Pawson Shigeru Ban Tadao Ando Zaha Hadid Herzog de Meuron Daniel Libeskind Alvaro Siza and Peter Zumthor Accommodating daily routines of eating sleeping and shelter as well as offering the space for personal experience and relationships this is architecture at its most elementary and its most intimate
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Japan s contemporary architecture has long been among the most inventive in the world recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity No fewer than eight Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize Since Osaka World Expo 70 highlighted contemporary forms Japan has been a key player in global architecture Tadao Ando s geometry put Japanese building on the map bridging East and West After his concrete buildings figures like Kengo Kuma Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima pioneered a more sustainable approach Younger generations have taken new directions in harmony with nature traditional building and an endless search for forms Presenting the latest in Japanese building this book links this unique creativity to Japan s high population density modern economy long history and continual disasters in the form of earthquakes Accepting ambiguity constant change and catastrophe is a key to understanding how Japanese architecture differs from that of Europe or America Derived from the XL sized book this affordable edition highlights 39 architects and 55 exceptional projects by Japanese masters from Tadao Ando s Shanghai Poly Theater Shigeru Ban s concert hall La Seine Musical SANAA s Grace Farms Fumihiko Maki s 4 World Trade Center to Takashi Suo s much smaller sustainable dental clinic An elaborate essay traces the building scene from the Metabolists to today showing how the interaction of past present and future has earned contemporary Japanese architecture worldwide recognition