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Patterns and layering : Japanese spatial culture, nature and architecture.
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ISBN: 9783899554618 3899554612 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berlin Gestalten

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Lightness and transparency in contemporary Japanese architecture explored and explained by Kengo Kuma Laboratory. In Japanese art and textile printing, the use of patterns has a long tradition. In Japanese architecture, layering is an established technique that has already inspired the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Now, the laboratory of world famous architect Kengo Kuma has developed a technically sophisticated methodology that unites patterns and layering in a single structural concept for the first time. Patterns and Layering presents innovative structures that are created by stacking fragile, patterned layers. Although each individual layer contains a variety of patterns, it nevertheless still completely fulfills its structural responsibilities. The results are strikingly delicate, yet remarkably stable. The book s detailed texts explain how layering and patterns function as spatial tools with which one can create extraordinary structures that are able to coexist in harmony with nature, people, and culture. Patterns and Layering not only explores historical contexts and developments, but also shows cutting-edge experiments that were realized under the supervision of Kengo Kuma and his colleague Yusuke Obuchi. According to Kuma, this book has the potential to begin a new architectural and design revolution. Editors Salvator-John A. Liotta and Matteo Belfiore, as well as other contributors, work closely with Kengo Kuma at his research laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Including design details such as silkscreen prints and calligraphy, Patterns and Layering embodies the Japanese understanding of space, nature, and architecture page for page, layer for layer.

Architecture in Japan.
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ISBN: 3822839884 9783822839881 Year: 2006 Publisher: Köln Taschen

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Architecture contemporaine, par pays. Cette nouvelle collection Taschen ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur le monde de l'architecture en mettant le projecteur sur les tendances actuelles par pays. Chaque ouvrage présente de 15 à 20 architectes et agences, des plus établis aux tout nouveaux venus, et met l'accent sur leur contribution à l'évolution très récente de l'architecture dans leur pays. Aux descriptions de leurs derniers projets s'ajoutent de courtes biographies et des informations pratiques utiles. En sillonnant le globe, cette nouvelle collection se propose de célébrer les nuances variées de la personnalité architecturale des pays choisis.

Contemporary Japanese architects
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ISBN: 3822894427 3822884340 9783822884348 9783822894422 Year: 1993 Publisher: Koln Benedikt Taschen GmbH

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