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Books on: japanese architects

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Actions of Architecture: Architects and Creative Users

Book by Jonathan Hill; Routledge, 2003

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Architects And Patrons, Architects--Public Relations, Communication In Architectural Design

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...incompletion 47-8 industrialization 11-12 Institute of Illegal Architects 130-1 , 136-49 intellectual labour, architecture as 25 Inter-Action Centre 33 , 33 , 36 , 56 j J Japanese architecture 38-9 Jencks, Charles 58 Jewish Museum, Berlin...
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Japanese Aesthetics and Culture: A Reader

Book by Nancy G. Hume; State University of New York Press, 1995

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Aesthetics, Japanese, Arts, Japanese--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...influenced many of the young Japanese architects who rose to prominence in the...one scholar has put it, the Japanese architects of this age used...the importance attached by the Japanese government to structural design...
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The Japanese Influence in America

Book by Clay Lancaster; Walton H. Rawls, 1963

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Architecture, Japanese--United States, Architecture--United States--Japanese Influences, Art, American--Japanese Influences, Art, Japanese

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...impressed and delighted by the Japanese exhibits. The architects never visited the Far East but collected photographs of Japanese buildings, many of which were...there in 1954. 8 Unmistakably Japanese was their practice of resting...
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The Lesson of Japanese Architecture

Book by Jiro Harada; Studio Limited, 1954

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Architectural Practice--Japan, Architecture, Domestic--Japan, Architecture--Japan, Gardens, Japanese

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...for the basic simplicity of Japanese architecture, and in the work of Viennese architects especially, who have contributed...West. Already, therefore, Japanese architecture has taught us...difficulties by reference to the Japanese solution. We look round...nature comes first: and the architect does not set out to dominate...
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The Craft of the Japanese Sculptor

Book by Langdon Warner; McFarlane, Warde, McFarlane, and Japan, 1936

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Sculpture, Buddhist--Japan, Sculpture, Japanese

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...craftsmen. Okakura Kakuzo, in despair at nineteenth century attempts to fuse Japanese style with western requirements, used to say that the Momoyama architects could have accomplished even that. The lost cathedral of Nambanji, built for...

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Journal Articles on: japanese architects

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The Tectonics of Japanese Style: Architect and Carpenter in the Late Meiji Period

Journal article by Cherie Wendelken; Art Journal, Vol. 55, 1996

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Architecture, Art, Buildings, History, Japan, Politics, Technology, Wood

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...academy-trained architects beginning in...boundaries between architect, engineer...definition of Japanese national identity...the role of the architect-was he engineer...early modern Japanese architects attempts at self...first examples of Japanese architecture executed by an architect trained at the...collaboration of architects and carpenters...
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Architects and Artisans

Journal article by Charles A. Walker; Journal of Theory Construction & Testing, Vol. 10, 2006

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Architects, Architecture, Cervical cancer, Data analysis, Nursing

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Architects and Artisans by Charles...of renowned 20th century architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW...ethereal motifs seen in Japanese art were juxtaposed with...delivered Wrights designs. Architects are remembered, artisans...and researchers are the architects, while practitioners and...the potential to be both architect and artisan. The bedside...
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Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868-1930

Journal article by James L. Huffman; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868-1930 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Culture-bound Western scholars and their Japanese disciples struggled with Japanese traditionalists; architects fought daiku, or traditional carpenters...civilized" (Western) and "primitive" (Japanese) building materials that provides the...
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The Odyssey of Japanese Colonists in the Dominican Republic [*

Journal article by Oscar H. Horst, Katsuhiro Asagiri; Vol. 90, 2000

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Dominican Republic--Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration--Social aspects, Japanese in foreign countries--History, Trujillo Molina, Rafael--Influence

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...with agriculture. Among Japanese families the degree of literacy...become teachers, engineers, architects, or doctors. In keeping with Japanese traditions, they have established...and third-generation Japanese have been recruited to work...
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Growing Up a Japanese Boy in Sacramento County

Journal article by Gregory Shank; Social Justice, Vol. 26, 1999

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Criminologists--Interviews, Criminology--Personalities, Japanese Americans--Interviews, Takagi, Paul--Interviews

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...stated that there were too many Japanese at Stanford University - in...enter medicine, or become architects, opticians, and engineers...of the prejudice toward the Japanese, was that any Japanese who attended college, graduated...

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Magazine Articles on: japanese architects

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East Meets North: Alvar Aalto's Endlessly Inventive Career Is Seen through the Eyes of Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban in a Major New Exhibition at London's Barbican

Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 221, April 2007

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Aalto, Alvar--Appreciation, Architects--Exhibitions, Architects--Influence, Ban, Shigeru--Exhibitions, Ban, Shigeru--Influence

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...Seen through the Eyes of Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban in a Major New...Aalto seems odd. But the Japanese paper and cardboard maestro...long admired the European architects endless inventiveness and...critic, Aalto scholar and architect Juhani Pallasmaa, who was...greatest and most thoughtful architects of the twentieth century...
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Back to Basics: Exploring Old Ideas in New Ways, Japan's Architects Move toward an Architecture of the Future Primitive

Magazine article by Rob Gregory; The Architectural Review, Vol. 222, August 2007

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Architects--Criticism and interpretation, Architecture, Japanese--Criticism and interpretation, Japanese architecture--Criticism and interpretation

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...in New Ways, Japans Architects Move toward an Architecture...coalesce. Writing when Japanese architecture was most...confused, she identified Japanese Baroque as a problematic...recognised as a key architect in the third generation...generation four include two architects featured in this issue...Vorreiter as a rarity among Japanese designers, following...
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Curved Air: Arata Isozaki Brings Japanese Rigour and Sensuality to a New Art Museum

Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 224, July 2008

Subjects:

Architects--Contracts, Architects--Practice, Architecture schools--Buildings and facilities, Architecture schools--Contracts, Architecture, Japanese--Influence, Art museums--Decoration and finishing, Art museums--Design and construction, Japanese architecture--Influence, Ozaki, Arata--Contracts, Ozaki, Arata--Practice, Schools of architecture--Buildings and facilities, Schools of architecture--Contracts

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...Air: Arata Isozaki Brings Japanese Rigour and Sensuality to...fully realised, project architect Daisuke Tofuku moved to Beijing...educate and motivate local architects and engineers, he says...Isozaki and the client wanted a Japanese, rather than Chinese quality...To hold costs down, the architects specified domestic materials...
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Emerging Architecture: Despite Still Struggling to Make Their Professional Mark, Young Architects Can Be a Powerful Force for Good

Magazine article by Catherine Slessor; The Architectural Review, Vol. 222, December 2007

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Architects--Achievements and awards, Architectural firms--Achievements and awards, Architectural practice--Achievements and awards, Architectural services--Achievements and awards

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...Professional Mark, Young Architects Can Be a Powerful Force for...Slessor Where can you find a Japanese kindergarten rubbing shoulders...awards programme for younger architects. Now in their ninth year...begun here and expose young architects to the glare of the public...
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Venice Architecture Biennale Preview; Peter Cook on Why Terunobu Fujimori Is the Person He Most Wants to Meet; the Opening of an Events Building by Unsangdong Architects in Seoul; Last Call for Entries for the Ar Awards for Emerging Architecture

Magazine article by Paul Finch; The Architectural Review, Vol. 224, September 2008

Subjects:

Architects--Appreciation, Architects--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Architects--Practice, Architecture--Appreciation, Architecture--Exhibitions, Cook, Peter--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Terunobu Fujimori--Appreciation

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...the experiences of Japanese friends and Japanese structures have become...as an incentive for architects as unlike as Peter...towards traditional Japanese conditions but remained an International architect through the substance...

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Newspaper Articles on: japanese architects

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Introducing the Serpentine's Secret Weapon; You May Not Have Heard of the Designers of This Year's Serpentine Pavilion, Exclusively Revealed Here -- but This Odd Pair from Japan Are the Coolest Architects in the World

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 24, 2009

Subjects:

Architects, Serpentine

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...housing a carpet business next to the architects office. In the entrance forklifts...cardboard models compete for space. Other architects talk of Sejimas "strong" personality...is a prerequisite of any successful architect. They get nowhere without it and Sejima...they are second pressings of their architects familiar themes. Given that SANAA...
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Architects Launch Property Development Company

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 21, 2010

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Architects, Architectural firms, Architectural practice, Architectural services, Real estate development

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Architects Launch Property Development Company. Architect Jorge Y. Ramos...multi-awarded Japanese Architect Kenzo Tange who...company as consulting architects. Tange is known...relationship of Architect Ramos and his son...
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Architect's Alexandria Home Encased in Glass

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 24, 2010

Subjects:

Architects, Architectural firms, Architectural practice, Architectural services

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Architects Alexandria Home Encased in...THE WASHINGTON TIMES When architects work for clients, they sometimes...than their own. But when architects design their own homes...then, the skys the limit. Architect Charles M. Goodman designed...and plantings, including Japanese maples, with bluestone paths...
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Think outside the Box; Maximising the Minuscule Is How Architects Are Transforming London's Small Spaces, Finds Fay Sweet

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 11, 2006

Subjects:

Architects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...been a test of the architects ingenuity, cramming...the detail," says architect Malcolm Crayton...warehouse in Waterloo, architects John Pringle and Penny...from the traditional Japanese house, with simple...Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects on 020 7793 2828...open-plan spaces, architect Stephen Turvil has...
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Designs on Fashion; Do Architects and Furniture Designers Never Sleep? Not Content with Shaping Our Cities, They Want to Control What We Wear When We Walk Down Their Streets as Well. Helen Kirwan-Taylor Reports on Fashion with Form and Function

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 27, 2006

Subjects:

Architects, Furniture--Design and construction

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...longer. Increasingly, those architects are crossing the shop floor...used to seeing in our cars. Architect Zaha Hadid has launched a...winning, Baghdad-born architect has lived in London for 30...the worlds most celebrated architects. The 77-year-old is...label G-Star, inspired by Japanese workwear (available from...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: japanese architects

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Japanese Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the 8th cent. the Japanese continued to emulate the architects of China. The gigantic...high. A distinctly Japanese style of architecture...1960s major Japanese architects developed highly...Short History of Japanese Architecture (1941...
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Fukuoka

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...nearby are also many buildings constructed during that late 20th cent. that were designed by noted Western and Japanese architects. Fukuoka prefecture (1990 pop. 4,849,431), 1,907 sq mi (4,939 sq km), is bounded on the north by...
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Isozaki, Arata

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ARATA ara ta e soza ke, 1931 , Japanese architect, b. Oita. One of his nations most important contemporary architects, he has an international reputation...Isozakis works combine a traditional Japanese sensibility with Western postmodernism...
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Kurokawa, Kisho Noriaki

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...kooro kawa, 1934 2007, Japanese architect, grad. Tokyo Univ. (Ph...founding member of the group of architects known as Metabolists, who...City Art Museum (1987), Japanese-German Center, Berlin...Art (1989), Chinese-Japanese Youth Center, Beijing...
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Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...architecture and art ; individual architects, e.g., Andrea Palladio...Neither Greek, Chinese, nor Japanese architecture used the vault...development continued; Byzantine architects experimented with new principles...World, New Architectures The architects of the later 19th cent. found...

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