Libros de ASIA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

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 ...

GLORY OF THE SULTANS, THE. ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA **

Between the twelfth and the mid-nineteenth centuries, most of the Indian subcontinent was under Muslim domination, giving rise to a unique architectural blend of ...

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 ...

MAKI: FUMIHIKO MAKI

Fumihiko Maki's many buildings are characterized by a commitment to the ongoing project of Modernism as well as a humanist concern for the experience ...

OKADA: SATOSHI OKADA. I MIEI PROGETTI LA MIA ARCHITETTURA

TAKAHARU+ YUI TEZUKA: ARCHITECTURE CATALOGUE 2

This long-awaited sequel to a successful earlier edition brings together 19 recent architectural works and projects by this popular, young architectural partnership. Featured are ...

SAFDIE: MOSHE SAFDIE I

Influenced by the diverse cultures of Canada, Israel and the USA, Moshe Safdie's architecture displays a rich and evolving tectonic and spatial sensibility. During ...

ARCHITETTURA E PAESAGGIO. ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE. ITALIA/GIAPPONE FACCIA A FACCIA. ITALY/JAPAN FACE

Un confronto tra le esperienze italiane e giapponesi, in tema di architettura e paesaggio, con molti spunti critici ed esempi di progetti e realizzazioni, ...

ART IN CHINA

These two current overviews of Chinese art take very different approaches. Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Tregear ...

INUI: KUMIKO INUI: EPISODES

Composed as a collection of photographs, drawings and descriptions of Inui's architectural work, the architect hopes that this compact showcase will lead the reader ...

ARCHITECTURAL KEYWORDS. 30 WAYS TO READ EAST ASIAN ARCHITECTS

Thirty architects that practice in East Asia have participated in this publication by writing a short essay that reflects their choice of a 'keyword ...

20 JAPANESE ARCHITECTS. INTERVIEWS.

Intriguing as it is engaging, this compact edition surveys a dynasty of influential Japanese architects. Author Roland Hagenberg has conducted insightful interviews and taken ...

TOKYO

Cities are often seen as symbols of order: the existence of city walls, fortified gates, palaces, temples, roads, pavements, highways, public institutions, city centres ...

AXI:OME. SPATIAL PRACTICE

Axi:Ome is an emerging St. Louis architectural-design studio that espouses a multidisciplinary process ranging from graphics and engineering to computational, spatial and experimental architectural ...

WEIWEI: WAYS BEYOND ART. AI WEIWEI

Ivorypress Art+Books presenta la primera exposición del artista chino Ai Weiwei en España. Ai Weiwei a través de su obra y de su blog, ...