Main entry:

Nute, Kevin, 1958-

Title & Author:

Place, time, and being in Japanese architecture / Kevin Nute.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Description:

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-137) and index.
Objectives -- Built revelation of place : Built marking of natural places ; Making space between the sacred and the profane ; Giving way to the lie of the land ; Framing features in the surrounding environment ; Autonomous built places ; Adaptation to local climate ; The sacred column as the 'original' place ; Revelation of place in contemporary buildings ; Physical integration of natural site features ; Framing features in the surrounding environment ; Integration with built context ; Autonomous built places ; Recollecting the built history of places -- Built revelation of time : Sensitivity to phenomenal change ; Marking time by periodically re-marking space ; Change-responsive built space ; Time-measuring built spaces ; Built revelation of the timeless ; Revelation of time in contemporary buildings ; Passive revelation of natural change ; Active integration of natural and human change -- Built revelation of being : Built acknowledgement of unique materialities ; Dependence as a source of identity ; Revelation of patterns of being in contemporary buildings ; Active expression of particular patterns of human being ; Active expression of particular materialities -- Implication : Architecture as a celebration of existence ; As architecture of the individual.

Summary:

"In addition to highlighting the human benefits of built environments which relate to particular place, time and being, many of the Japanese buildings examined illustrate practical strategies for revealing these universal parameters which are equally applicable beyond Japan. It is suggested that wider use of some of these approaches could not only help to sustain both environmental and cultural identities against the homogenising effects of globalisation, but also has the potential to heighten our appreciation of the peculiar condition of being here now."--Jacket.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0419240101 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780419240105 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Japan.
Architecture Japon.
Architecture.
Architecture domestique Japon 20e siècle.
Architecture Philosophie Japon.
Architecture domestique Japon 21e siècle.
Architecture japonaise.
Japan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231693
Call No.: NA1550 .N87 2004
Status: Available