Contemporary Japanese Architecture. 45th Ed. - Rilegato

Jodidio, Philip

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 3836595729 ISBN 13: 9783836595728

Casa editrice: TASCHEN, 2023

Riassunto

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.

This compact edition highlights 37 architects and 53 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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Philip Jodidio ha studiato Storia dell’arte ed Economia ad Harvard e per più di vent’anni è stato curatore della rivista d’arte francese Connaissance des Arts. Tra i suoi libri si annoverano la serie Homes for Our Time di TASCHEN e monografie su vari architetti di spicco tra cui Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel e Zaha Hadid.

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Ever since Osaka World Expo ’70 brought contemporary forms center stage, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Presenting the Japanese art of building, this book reveals how the likes of Tadao Ando, SANAA, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, and Junya Ishigami are relinking past, present, and future―building greener and smarter than ever before.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: TASCHEN
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Lingue multiple
• ISBN 10: 3836595729
• ISBN 13: 9783836595728
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 480
• Contatto del produttore: TASCHEN GmbH; contact@taschen.com; ; Hohenzollernring 53. D; K�ln; 50672; Germania