Kazuo Shinohara -Traversing the House and the City. Essays, interviews with clients and collaborators, and translations of Shinohara’s key texts including previously unpublished archival drawings and personal travel photographs by Shinohara. Reframes his architectural achievements in terms of his oeuvre as a whole and situates them in the broader cultural...
Old is New - Architectural Works by New Material Research Laboratory. Richly illustrated, the book shows the choice of materials for each project. Additional text contributions delve into the origin of the laboratory’s design ethos rooted in Japanese tradition and aesthetics and their historical context.
The Japanese Teahouse. This volume expands the reader’s knowledge of the built space that makes this tea ceremony possible. Kan også købes i Arkitektforeningen, Åbenrå 34 - 2 min fra Nørreport st./metro
Aglaia Konrad - Japan Works - the architectural landscape in Japan. Aglaia Konrad’s photographic work probes the social, cultural, economic, political, and historical parameters that inform architecture and urbanism.
Tadao Ando - Living in Harmony - New Contemporary Residences. This book showcases recent houses by the world-renowned Japanese minimalist architect, offering unprecedented access to his thought process through more than 100 photographs, line drawings, sketches, and plans. Bestillingsvare 4 dage.
Contemporary Japanese Architecture. A presentation of 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.
A+U 616 22:01 Dwelling Studies and Japan’s Women Architects. Includes insightful written contributions from Yuzuru Tomonaga, Izumi Kuroishi, Namiko Minai, and Michelle L. Hauk. A wide array of works by women architects is presented, among them projects by Yuki Ishiguro, Akiko Miya, Rie Azuma, Masako Hayashi, and SANAA co-founder Kazuyo Sejima.
A+U 609 21:06 Shigeru Ban. Twenty-five projects spanning the two decades since Expo 2000 Hanover, drawn entirely from outside Japan, are presented here.
Project Japan - Architect Rem Koolhaas and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist compile a history of Metabolism: the first non-Western avant-garde architecture, born out of postwar Tokyo. Extensive interviews and rare photographs introduce the movement and shed light on the group’s futuristic vision for the future; a dream of cities that would grow, reproduce, and...
Living in Japan. 40th Ed. Todays most exceptional Japanese homes. So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it's nearly impossible to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding fresh approaches to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Enriched by 170 brand new, unpublished photographs.
Japandi Living - Japanese Tradition. Scandinavian Design. This book will inspire you to create minimalist, yet luxurious Japandi interiors, where the design styles from two parts of the world meet.