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Kenchiku o kataru (Talking Architecture, conversations with students) by Ando Tadao - 1999

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Kenchiku o kataru (Talking Architecture, conversations with students) by Ando Tadao - 1999

Kenchiku o kataru (Talking Architecture, conversations with students)

by Ando Tadao

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Offering: An important Tadao Ando text with an original, signed architectural sketch, done without inscription for an unnamed recipient. Ando's signature is a beautiful example of shodo (calligraphy), the capital A like a roof structure-incorporated into the open base of the drawing-the n and d like a wave pattern, the o akin to an enso. Edition Note: selected from his 1997-99 lectures on 20th century architecture given at the University of Tokyo, in Japanese, some illustration captions in English, the independently published volume i of two volumes, the second volume published as "Rensen renpai" in 2001. Presentation Drawing: 152 x 227 mm, done in pastel with two shades of green and two shades of blue on the thistle endpaper. The drawing shows an open space with perimeter walls and arch with equal balance given to light and air, as architectural elements. Condition: Architectural Sketch: Fine. / Pages: Fine / Publisher's Slip: Fine / Cover: bottom edges with minuscule dings, bottom corner of upper side with trace bump, spine with light push-in to foot and slight wear to crown. / Binding: excellent. / Book Jacket: Upper side with top edge wear (no tears), a light ding at gutter, a few small indentations; Lower side with light edge wear; spine with light crown and foot wear. Pagination: Complete; publisher's slip laid-in, 259 pages with 154 b/w illustrations including 92 photos in text and 42 drawings, 2 full-page + the suite of 20 numbered photographs of Ando buildings, ten double-page, ten full-page. Chapters are: (I) Regionalism, (2) Toward a Living Architecture, (3) Architecture and Urbanism, (4) Individuality, (5) Process, and (6) A Love for Architecture. Format: Publisher's sewn white cloth and silver gray jacket with black and blue letters, upper side illustrated with a scaled Ando drawing, "Ceiling Wall: Exposed Concrete". Size: 233 x 159 mm. Reference: Onishi Wakato, Asahi Shimbun, Tadao Ando: Architect. Jodidio, Tadao Ando. Complete Works. Additional Images: by request.



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  • Keywords SIGNED DRAWING AUTOGRAPH TADAO ANDO OPEN SPACE PERIMETER WALLS RYOAN-JI AZUMA HOUSE SUMIYOSHI ARCHITECTURE HUMAN FACTORS CHANGING LIGHT JAPAN MODERNISM DESIGN CIVIL ENGINEERING MODULAR CONSTRUCTION BUILDING MATERIAL CONCRETE REINFORCED AUGUSTE PERRET

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The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this new… Read More
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NY: Braziller, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Braziller, 1988, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with 91 full color plates. Fine in near fine. price clipped dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool.

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Traditional Japanese Furniture

Traditional Japanese Furniture: A Definitive Guide

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Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints From The Anne Van Biema Collection
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Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints From The Anne Van Biema Collection

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Both the book and dj are in 'as new' condition. It has . 10 unpaginated pages followed by 362 numbered pages. It was published to coincide with the exibition of the same name. A beautiful book with well over 100 color illustrations and even more in b&w. The book includes a series of essays on the historic, economic, and cultural environment of Edo period Japan and the collections focus on early Kabuki actor prints, including many by the artists Toyokuni and Kuniyoshi).

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Art and Palace Politics in Early Modern Japan 1580s-1680s

Art and Palace Politics in Early Modern Japan 1580s-1680s

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Leiden: Brill, 2011. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Vol 2 in the series, Japanese Visual Culture. Tall 8vo. (25.5cm). Boards, lettered title to cover. In unclipped dust jacket. pp. 296. W/ 98 colour plates. Some faint edgewear to jacket, minor signs of use, a very sound, almost as new copy.
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