The Architecture of Tokyo: An Architectural History in 571 Individual Presentations - Brossura

Watanabe, Hiroshi

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3930698935 ISBN 13: 9783930698936

Casa editrice: Axel Menges, 2002

Riassunto

The Tokyo region is the most populous metropolitan area in the world and a place of extraordinary vitality. The political, economic and cultural center of Japan, Tokyo also exerts an enormous international influence. In fact the region has been pivotal to the nation's affairs for centuries. Its sheer size, its concentration of resources and institutions and its long history have produced buildings of many different types from many different eras.
This is the first guide to introduce in one volume the architecture of the Tokyo region, encompassing Tokyo proper and adjacent prefectures, in all its remarkable variety. The buildings are presented chronologically and grouped into six periods: the medieval period (1185-1600), the Edo period (1600-1868), the Meiji period (1868-1912), the Taisho and early Showa period (1912-1945), the post-war reconstruction period (1945-1970) and the contemporary period (1970 until today). This comprehensive coverage permits those interested in Japanese architecture or culture to focus on a particular era or to examine buildings within a larger temporal framework. A concise discussion of the history of the region and the architecture of Japan develops a context within which the individual works may be viewed.
Over 500 buildings are presented, from 15th-century Buddhist temples to 20th-century cultural buildings, from venerable folkhouses to works by leading contemporary architects of Japan such as Kenzo Tange, Fumihiko Maki, Arata Isozaki, Hiroshi Hara, Toyo Ito and Riken Yamamoto as well as by foreign architects such as Norman Foster, Peter Eisenman and Steven Holl.

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Product Description

Ecco l' architettura della regione di Tokyo, questa guida presenta gli edifici cronologicamente. Copertura completa che permette di quelle interessate nella cultura giapponese architettura o attirare l' attenzione su una particolare era o edifici di esaminare entro un più ampio quadro temporale.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Axel Menges
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3930698935
• ISBN 13: 9783930698936
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 263
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile