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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN-10
4805313285
ISBN-13
9784805313282
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201707723
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Japanese Architecture : an Exploration of Elements and Forms
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Buildings / General, Asia / Japan, Regional
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
31 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Designers, architects, artists, and anyone with a love of Japanese traditional culture will enjoy this book." -- Library Journal, "Mira Locher makes the observation that tradition only exists as an idea when it is challenged or superseded by the new. In her first-rate resource book on traditional design you will learn a great deal about construction methods, in which the use of natural materials encouraged a responsible attitude toward conservation." -- The Japan Times, "It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyuidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers." - Choice, Mira Locher makes the observation that tradition only exists as an idea when it is challenged or superseded by the new. In her first-rate resource book on traditional design you will learn a great deal about construction methods, in which the use of natu|9784805313282|, "Wider-ranging than most and packed with extensive discussions, Japanese Architecture is a satisfying introductory survey for any who would understand the unique style, function and approach of Japanese design." -- Midwest Book Review, "It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyuidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers." -- Choice magazine, "It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyùidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers." -- Choice magazine, "It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers." -- Choice magazine, "It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyuidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers." - Choic, Mira Locher makes the observation that tradition only exists as an idea when it is challenged or superseded by the new. In her first-rate resource book on traditional design you will learn a great deal about construction methods, in which the use of natural materials encouraged a responsible attitude toward conservation. -- The Japan Times , It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyùidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers. -- Choice magazine , "Designers, architects, artists, and anyone with a love of Japanese traditional culture will enjoy this book." - Library Journal, "It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyuidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers." -- Choic, "It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyùidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers." - Choice magazine, "It describes architectural components thoroughly, exactingly, and lovinglyuidentifying them all with Japanese terms. Overall, this is a delightful book of photographs and a useful...guide for Japanophile architects and designers." - Choice magazine, "Mira Locher makes the observation that tradition only exists as an idea when it is challenged or superseded by the new. In her first-rate resource book on traditional design you will learn a great deal about construction methods, in which the use of natural materials encouraged a responsible attitude toward conservation." - The Japan Times, Designers, architects, artists, and anyone with a love of Japanese traditional culture will enjoy this book. -- Library Journal , Wider-ranging than most and packed with extensive discussions, Japanese Architecture is a satisfying introductory survey for any who would understand the unique style, function and approach of Japanese design. -- Midwest Book Review , "Wider-ranging than most and packed with extensive discussions, Japanese Architecture is a satisfying introductory survey for any who would understand the unique style, function and approach of Japanese design." - Midwest Book Review
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Simmons, Ben
Dewey Decimal
720.952
Synopsis
Thick thatched roofs and rough mud plaster walls. An intricately carved wood transom and a precisely woven tatami mat--each element of traditional Japanese architecture tells a story. In Japanese Architecture , author Mira Locher explores how each of these stories encompasses the particular development, construction, function and symbolism inherent in historic architectural elements. From roofs, walls and floors to door pulls and kettle hangers, Japanese Architecture situates these elements firmly within the natural environment and traditional Japanese culture. Japanese architecture developed with influences from abroad and particular socio-political situations at home. The resulting forms and construction materials--soaring roofs with long eaves, heavy timber structures of stout columns supporting thick beams, mud plaster walls flecked with straw and sand and the refined paper-covered lattice shoji screen--are recognizable as being of distinctly Japanese design. These constructed forms, designed with strong connections to the surrounding environment, utilize natural construction materials in ways that are both practical and inventive. This fascinating architecture book provides a comprehensive perspective of traditional Japanese architecture, relating the historical development and context of buildings and the Japanese garden while examining the stories of the individual architectural elements, from foundation to roof., Thick thatched roofs and rough mud plaster walls. Intricate carved wood transoms and precisely woven tatami mats--each element of traditional Japanese architecture tells a story. These stories encompass the particular development, construction, function and symbolism inherent in historic architectural elements. From roofs, walls and floors to door pulls and kettle hangers, this book situates these elements firmly within the natural environment and traditional culture of Japan. This book provides a comprehensive perspective of traditional Japanese architecture, relating the historical development and context of the buildings and gardens of Japan while examining the stories of the individual architectural elements.
LC Classification Number
NA1550
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