Main entry:

Jackson, N. (Neil), author.

Title & Author:

Japan and the West : an architectural dialogue / Neil Jackson.

Publication:

London : Lund Humphries, 2019.

Description:

471 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Shogun -- The chained country -- The Japanese ambassadors -- The houses of the people -- Part 2. Meiji -- The Japanese pavilions -- The art-architects -- The manners of the West -- The Western architects -- The Japanese architects -- Part 3. Taishō -- The winds of heaven -- The shaken reed -- The principle of evolution -- Part 4. Shōwa -- The Artist-Samurai -- The presence of Le Corbusier -- The Pacific Rim -- The West and Japan

Summary:

This book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the recent histories of Western and Japanese architecture have been well recorded, they have rarely been interwoven. Based on extensive research, this book provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its present state without the other. It should be no surprise that the Bank of Japan in Tokyo is based upon the national banks in Brussels and London, or that Le Corbusier's cabanon at Cap Martin in the south of France is based upon an eight mat tatami room. In considering these histories, this book demonstrates the mutual inter-dependence of both architectural cultures while, at the same time, acknowledging their differences.

ISBN:

9781848222960 (hardback)
1848222963 (hardback)

Subject:

Architecture Japan Western influences.
Architecture Japanese influences.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture Western influences.
Architecture Japon Influence occidentale.
Architecture Influence japonaise.
Japan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306131
Call No.: BIB 251842
Status: Available