{"product_id":"contemporary-japanese-architecture","title":"Contemporary Japanese Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eJapan''s contemporary architecture has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity. No fewer than \u003cstrong\u003eeight Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince Osaka World Expo ’70 highlighted contemporary forms, \u003cstrong\u003eJapan has been a key player in global architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e. Tadao Ando''s geometry put Japanese building on the map, bridging East and West. After his concrete buildings, figures like Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, and Kazuyo Sejima pioneered a more sustainable approach. Younger generations have taken new directions, in harmony with nature, traditional building, and an \u003cstrong\u003eendless search for forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresenting the latest in Japanese building, \u003c\/strong\u003ethis book links this unique creativity to Japan''s high population density, modern economy, long history, and continual disasters in the form of earthquakes. Accepting ambiguity, constant change, and catastrophe is a key to understanding how Japanese architecture differs from that of Europe or America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis compact edition highlights \u003cstrong\u003e37 architects\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e53 exceptional projects \u003c\/strong\u003eby Japanese masters—from \u003cstrong\u003eTadao Ando\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Shanghai Poly Theater, \u003cstrong\u003eShigeru Ban\u003c\/strong\u003e’s concert hall La Seine Musical, \u003cstrong\u003eSANAA\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Grace Farms, \u003cstrong\u003eFumihiko Maki\u003c\/strong\u003e’s 4 World Trade Center to \u003cstrong\u003eTakashi Suo\u003c\/strong\u003e’s much smaller sustainable dental clinic. An \u003cstrong\u003eelaborate essay\u003c\/strong\u003e traces the building scene from the Metabolists to today, showing how the interaction of past, present, and future has earned contemporary Japanese architecture worldwide recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394086707582,"sku":"NW9783836595728","price":19.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9783836595728.jpg?v=1778678352","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/contemporary-japanese-architecture","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}