Libros de ASIA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

TOKYO VOID. POSSIBILITEIES IN ABSENCE

Tokyo's urban landscape is full of contradictions: as a densely packed megalopolis it affords thousands of vacant spaces. While creative design practices and informal ...

WA: THE ESSENCE OF JAPANESE DESIGN

An exploration of the beauty and essence of Japanese design through 300 objects: from everyday items, to iconic fashion and furniture.

CONDITION, IMPROVEMENT, AND TOWN PLANNING OF THE CITY OF CALCUTTA AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS. THE RICHARDS REP

By 1900 the British had undertaken various types of urban planning in their colonial territories, but the early twentieth century brought new ideas and ...

HUMAN SECURITY AND JAPAN'S TRIPLE DISASTER. RESPONDING TO THE 2011 EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI AND FUKUSHIMA NUC

Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered relevant to the ...

CHEN ZEN. CATALOGUE RAISONNE

BIOMIMETIC MICRO- ECOSYSTEM

Directed by Jeong-Der Ho, the biomimetic micro-ecosystem project at Yuan Ze University in Taiwan explores artificial life through biomimetics, applying this growing field of ...

NAKAMURA: YOSHIFUMI NAKAMURA. FUTSU NO JUTAKO, FUTSU NO BESSO

NAKAMURA: YOSHIFUMI NAKAMURA

SHINOHARA: JA Nº 93. KAZUO SHINOHARA. COMPLETE WORKS IN ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS

Kazuo Shinohara, one of the most influential architects in the generation after the Metabolists. The issue consists of photographs and drawings which appeared in ...

NAITO 2: HIROSHI NAITO 2005- 2013. FROM PROTOFORM TO PROTOSCAPE

FRY: ARCHITECTURE OF EDWIN MAXWELL FRY AND JANE DREW. TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE, PIONEER MODERNISM

Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early ...

CASABLANCA CHANDIGARH. A REPORT ON MODERNIZATION

This richly illustrated volume invites us to think afresh about urban life and the modern city by offering images and analyses of two very ...

HEALTHY HOMES IN TROPICAL ZONES. IMPROVING RURAL HOUSING IN ASI AND AFRICA

Throughout the tropics a huge diversity in house design and use of building materials can be observed, based on centuries of local experience, customs, ...

VILLAGE IN THE CITY. ASIAN VARIATIONS OF URBANISM OF INCLUSION

'Village in the City' investigates an equally specific and spectacular urbanisation process that many regions in China have been undergoing during the past two ...

CHUN: KWANG YOUNG CHUN. MULBERRY MINSCAPES

Covering the entirety of Kwang Young Chun's career from his early abstract paintings to his famed Aggregation series - complex structures and canvases created ...

JACOB HASHIMOTO. KITES

When forms become as much a space for the spirit as for the body. Jacob Hashimoto is one of the most interesting young artists ...

SAU: LUKE HIM SAU ARCHITECT. CHINA'S MISSING MODERN

Luke Him Sau/Lu Qianshou (1904-1991) is best known internationally and in China as the architect of the iconic Bank of China Headquarters in Shanghai. ...

NISHIZAWA: PLOT Nº 04 RYUE NISHIZAWA

LE CORBUSIER: SHODHAN HOUSE. AHMEDABAD, INDIA, 1951- 56

Shodan house 1951-56 originally conceived for the patron of the Mill Owners' Association Surottam Hutheesing but later taken over and completed by his friend ...

POINT- COUNTERPOINT. TRAJECTORIES OF TEN KOREAN ARCHITECTS

The projects by ten Korean architects highlighted in this exhibition catalogue satisfied briefs that mostly called for modest and 'human' buildings, in opposition to ...