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Architectural Guide Japan
Artikel-Nr:
9783869226965
Veröffentl:
2021
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.05.2021
Seiten:
608
Autor:
Botond Bognar
Gewicht:
1049 g
Format:
246x141x35 mm
Serie:
Architekturführer / Architectural Guide
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Botond Bognar is a professor and Edgar A. Tafel Endowed Chair in Architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is an internationally recognised scholar of contemporary Japanese architecture and urbanism. He has lectured all over the world and has a long list of publications to his credit. Among his most recent books are "Beyond the Bubble: The New Japanese Architecture" (London: 2008), "Material Immaterial: The New Work of Kengo Kuma" (New York: 2009), and "Kengo Kuma - Portland Japanese Garden" (New York: 2019; co-authored with Balázs Bognár).
Contemporary Japanese architecture has achieved world-wide recognition not only for its highly innovative, often futuristic qualities, but also for its sensitive response to Japan's cultural and physical context in the challenging setting of its increasingly urbanised environment. This architectural guide introduces over 700 of the most prominent examples of this fertile architecture, while outlining its development since the mid-nineteenth century. This updated, second edition of the book - in time for the Tokyo Olympic Games 2021 - presents around 100 new buildings, reflecting the rapid pace of development in the country.