Jewels : selected writings on modern architecture from Asia / edited by Yasushi Zenno and Jagan Shah.

Title & Author:

Jewels : selected writings on modern architecture from Asia / edited by Yasushi Zenno and Jagan Shah.

Publication:

Osaka : Acetate, 2006.

Description:

213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Series:

Round ; 01

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Chuta Ito's proposal to choose the Japanese translation of the word "architecture" and rename Zoka Gakkai accordingly. Kenchiku or Zoka as vague translation of "architecture" / by Norihito Nakatani.
Ernest Binfield Havell on the future of architecture in India. EB Havell and the thought of Indian architecture / by Jagan Shah.
Writings of Wajiro Kon from the 1920s. Wajiro Kon: an architect who envisioned "architecture as a container of everyday life" / by Izumi Kuroishi.
Liang Sicheng and Tong Jun on traditional Chinese architecture. Constructing the "new knowledge" of Chinese architecture / by Bobby Chong-thai Wong, Tan Zhengzhen.
Speech at the Founding of Taiwan Architectural Society. Facing weather and customs / by Cheng Che Chen.
Kenzo Tange and Dento Ronso in postwar Japan. Finding mononoke at Ise Shrine / by Yasushi Zenno.
Conflicting views on the architectural style of the Buyeo National Museum. Architectural identity in postcolonial Korean society / by Changmo Ahn.
Nguyen Cao Luyen on Vietnamese traditional thatched-roofed houses. The pioneer of Vietnamese architecture / by Shoichi Ota.
Turkish architecture and decoration in the 15th century. Leon Parvillee and the discourse on "Turkish" architecture / by Miyuki Aoki Girardelli.
National land development plans of South Korea. South Korea's territorial planning / by Marie-Helene Fabre.
Urban design and speech freedom in 1960s Singapore. SPURing design and planning / by Gregory Clancey.

ISBN:

4902539101 (pbk.)
9784902539103 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Asia.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture.
Arkitektur Asien 1900-talet.
Arkitekturhistoria Asien.
Asia.

Added entries:

Zenno, Yasushi.
Shah, Jagan, 1967-
Round (Oskaka, Japan) ; 01.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258476
Call No.: BIB 189274
Status: Available

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