Libros de ASIA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

KENZO TANGE AND THE METABOLIST MOVEMENT. URBAN UTOPIAS OF MODERN JAPAN*

Metabolism, the Japanese architectural avant-garde movement of the 1960s, profoundly influenced contemporary architecture and urbanism. This book focuses on the Metabolists' utopian concept of ...

JAPANESE IDENTITIES. ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN AESTHETICS AND NATURE

Japanese Identities takes readers on a journey to the most magnificent buildings of Japan, erected anywhere from the seventh century AD to the present. ...

LE CASE DEL TE. GLI SPAZI DEL VUOTO E DELL' INATTESO

Il volume documenta le più significative chashitsu e, quando presenti, i roji che le completano. Si tratta delle tradizionali case e giardini per la ...

INCOMPARABLE JAPANESE GARDENS.

Over 150 full-color photographs introduce Japans most beautiful garden masterworks. Designed for viewing, meditation, strolling, and tea practice, the seventy-five gardens here include some ...

ANDO: TADAO ANDO. MUSEI

Tadao Ando è uno dei massimi maestri dell'architettura giapponese e internazionale che negli ultimi decenni ha fatto del progetto museale una straordinaria palestra di ...

AI WEIWEI. ACCORDING TO WHAT? (+CD)

Ai Weiwei is one of the more provocative and important figures at work today in the vibrant field of contemporary Chinese art. Published in ...

RECLAIMING (THE URBANISM) OF MUMBAI

Mumbai is in the midst of dramatic transformations. The juxtaposition of the awe-inspiring and heartrending sensations and physical realities is incredibly powerful. The brutality ...

L' ALTOPIANO IRANICO FONTE DI CIVITA E ISPIRAZIONE. ARCHITETTURA SOSTENIBLE

Il libro tratta delle magnifiche soluzioni che l'ingegno umano ha saputo escogitare, adottando particolari tecniche costruttive, per poter vivere in un vasto territorio, quale ...

MAKINA/MEDINA. ON CULTURAL HERITAGE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE HISTORIC CITY OF FEZ

How can a cultural event help ameliorate the conditions of a historic city? Through a series of essays by urban historians, economists, and designers, ...

ART AND CHINA'S REVOLUTION

Although numerous books on the Cultural Revolution have been published, they do not analyze the profound shift in aesthetic values that occurred in China ...

TETSUGORO: IN PURSUIT OF UNIVERSALISM. YOROZU TETSUGORO AND JAPANESE MODERN ART

In Pursuit of Universalism is the first comprehensive, English-language study of early twentieth-century Japanese modern art. In this groundbreaking work, which is also the ...

ANDO: TADAO ANDO FOR FRANCOIS PINAULT FROM ILE SEGUIN TO PUNTA DELLA DOGANA

Scelto da François Pinault, imprenditore e magnate francese, per realizzare il centro d'arte contemporanea Punta della Dogana, Tadao Ando continua, con il restauro della ...

LEI: LI LEI. CHINESE ABSTRACTIONIST

Abstract painting was unknown in Chinese art, and it was not until the second part of the 1980s that artists in this country-most particularly ...

INFINITE SPACES. THE ART AND WISDOM OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN

Japanese gardens have long been admired for their capacity to improve on nature through impeccable design, detail and composition, properties that elevate them from ...

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE. A SHORT HISTORY

A. L. SadlerÆs invaluable study of Japanese architecture first appeared in 1941. Considered a classic in its field, unequaled in clarity and insight, Japanese ...

JAPANESE STONE GARDENS. ORIGINS, MEANING, FORM

Japanese stone gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors can shed the burdens and stresses of modern existence, satisfy an age-old yearning for solitude and ...

SINGAPORE HOUSES

Demonstrating a remarkable surge of design exploration in the city-state, "Singapore Houses" charts the architects of Singapore whom are producing work with a level ...

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Humanities category, sponsored by the Association of American Publishers Winner of the 2008 PROSE ...

KUMA: KENGO KUMA. LITICITA CONTEMPORANEE. DA STONE MUSEUM A STONE PAVILION

ANDO: TADAO ANDO

The minimalist concrete architecture of Tadao Ando has roots both in Japanese traditions and in Western architecture. This book begins with both contexts: it ...