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The carpenter & the architect : a history of wood construction in Japan / Benoît Jacquet, Teruaki Matsuzaki, Manuel Tardits ; translated by Christian Hubert.
Fine Arts Library NA4110 .J2513 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacquet, Benoît, author.
- Matsuzaki, Teruaki, 1955- author.
- Tardits, Manuel, 1959- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Charpentier et l'architecte. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Building, Wooden--Japan--History.
- Building, Wooden.
- Architecture, Japanese--History.
- Architecture, Japanese.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 435 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition in English.
- Place of Publication:
- Lausanne : EPFL Press, [2021]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: A Story Of Principles
- Complexity In Architecture... A La Japanese
- The Different Architectural Types
- Evolutions Of The Plan
- Constructional Combinatorics
- Towards Asymmetry
- Innovations Within Interior Space: From The Posttothetatami
- Irregular Spaces: The Association Of Hiroma And Koma Rooms
- Nature And Architecture
- A Few More Rings In Closing
- A Modern Story
- The Importation Of Western Styles During The Meiji Era
- The Creation Of An Oriental Japanese Style
- The Beginings Of Modern Japanese Architecture: The Influence Of Expressionism
- Modern Architecture In Wood: The Corbusian School
- Postwar: The Tange Saga
- Towards An Abstract Japanese Space: The Shinohara Schoo
- The Coordinates Of Irrationality In Japanese Space
- Towards An Architecture... In Wood
- Variations On The Style
- Contemporary Sukiya Architecture: An Exception To The Rule?
- A Particular Story
- An Example From Today
- History And Culture
- Identification Of A Center
- Principles Of An Ontology Of Construction
- Past-Present
- Postscript: Tradition, Who Are You?
- Japanese Terms
- Index Of Proper Names
- Place Names.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Le charpentier et l'architecte : une histoire de la construction en bois au Japon.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-428).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9782889154456
- 2889154459
- OCLC:
- 1308475787
- Publisher Number:
- 99991220355
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