Japan-ness in Architecture

by Toshiko Mori, David B. Stewart, Sabu Kohso, et al.

Book Overview

One of Japan's leading architects examines notions of Japan-ness as exemplified by key events in Japanese architectural history from the seventh to the twentieth century; essays on buildings and their cultural context.

Japanese architect Arata Isozaki sees buildings not as dead objects but as events that encompass the social and historical context--not to be defined forever by their "everlasting materiality" but as texts to be interpreted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262516055
• ISBN13: 9780262516051
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher