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Posing philosophical questions at the outset, the publication “Being Chinese in Architecture” features seven different projects by Rocco Design in Greater China. The work ranges from single house to residential complex, hotel, cultural building to urban planning - Distorted Courtyard House by the Great Wall, Bamboo Pavilion at Berlin/Hong Kong, Giu-gen-tong Villa in(...)
January 2004, Hong Kong
Being Chinese in architecture : recent works in China by Rocco Design
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Posing philosophical questions at the outset, the publication “Being Chinese in Architecture” features seven different projects by Rocco Design in Greater China. The work ranges from single house to residential complex, hotel, cultural building to urban planning - Distorted Courtyard House by the Great Wall, Bamboo Pavilion at Berlin/Hong Kong, Giu-gen-tong Villa in Shanghai, Boao Canal Village, Hotel project in Chengdu, Beijing Central Business District, and the new winning project Museum of Guangdong.
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January 2004, Hong Kong
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The concepts of "Indonesian architecture" and "architecture in Indonesia" are both quite difficult to pin down. For the architecture of this small country incorporates influences from many important cultures--from India, China and the Middle East to countries in the West--and is therefore extremely multifaceted. In fact, one might reasonably ask whether a "real"(...)
July 2007, Rotterdam
The past in the present : Architecture in Indonesia
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The concepts of "Indonesian architecture" and "architecture in Indonesia" are both quite difficult to pin down. For the architecture of this small country incorporates influences from many important cultures--from India, China and the Middle East to countries in the West--and is therefore extremely multifaceted. In fact, one might reasonably ask whether a "real" Indonesian architecture actually exists, even with reference to the country's vernacular work, which is highly diverse from an ethnic perspective in and of itself. The quest for an authentic Indonesian architecture has in fact been the subject of debate among architects there for many years, especially in regards to the work has been exported to other countries--in particular, its former colonizer, the Netherlands. (In fact, there is even a name for the hybrid style that originated during that era: Indische).This very nicely designed collection of illustrated essays, which features a special section of pictures and drawings of colonial architecture, provides a real sense of the diversity of building in modern-day Indonesia--while at the same time recognizing that such a perspective cannot be productive without taking history into account. With chapters on Modern Indonesian architecture, vernacular traditions, mosques, the effect of the Chinese diaspora, hybrid historic/contemporary Balinese architecture, the colonial period, Indische architecture and Art Deco and more, this publication provides an amazing overview and a long-overdue investigation of Indische work. Preface by Aaron Betsky.
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Au Japon, un fossé générationnel, voire historique, semble s’être creusé entre les images d’une architecture traditionnelle très emblématique où le bois est le matériau de prédilection, et celles plus actuelles de projets innovants où son usage se réduit, depuis l'ère Meiji, à la fin du XIXe siècle. Les auteurs présentent l'évolution des styles architecturaux à l'aide de(...)
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Le charpentier et l'architecte : une histoire de la construction en bois au Japon
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Au Japon, un fossé générationnel, voire historique, semble s’être creusé entre les images d’une architecture traditionnelle très emblématique où le bois est le matériau de prédilection, et celles plus actuelles de projets innovants où son usage se réduit, depuis l'ère Meiji, à la fin du XIXe siècle. Les auteurs présentent l'évolution des styles architecturaux à l'aide de nombreux plans et photos.
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This book tells the story of the architects and buildings that have defined Australia’s architectural culture since the founding of the modern nation through Federation in 1901. That year marked the beginning of a search for better city forms and buildings to accommodate the changing realities of Australian life and to express an emerging, distinctive, and, eventually,(...)
Australia: modern architectures in history
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This book tells the story of the architects and buildings that have defined Australia’s architectural culture since the founding of the modern nation through Federation in 1901. That year marked the beginning of a search for better city forms and buildings to accommodate the changing realities of Australian life and to express an emerging, distinctive, and, eventually, confident Australian identity. While Sydney and Melbourne were the settings for many of the major buildings, all states and territories developed architectural traditions based on distinctive histories and climates. Harry Margalit explores the flowering of these many architectural variants, from the bid to create a model city in Canberra, through the stylistic battles that opened a space for modernism, to the idealism of postwar reconstruction, and beyond to the new millennium. Australia reveals a vibrant and influential culture of the built environment, at its best when it matches civic idealism with the sensuality of a country of stunning light and landscapes.
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As in the eponymous exhibition at Mori Art Museum, this volume examines the characteristics of ancient and classical Japanese architecture in a very ambitious attempt to elucidate the major currents of the nation’s architecture from the perspectives of how its genealogies have spread internationally, the pioneering figures in the process, and the mechanisms behind the(...)
Japan in architecture: genealogies of its transformation
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As in the eponymous exhibition at Mori Art Museum, this volume examines the characteristics of ancient and classical Japanese architecture in a very ambitious attempt to elucidate the major currents of the nation’s architecture from the perspectives of how its genealogies have spread internationally, the pioneering figures in the process, and the mechanisms behind the continued expansion of these genealogies today. It documents 100 projects across nine thematic sections, including materials, models, documents, and interactive installations. Nine stories which are ultimately hypothetical ones, in hopes that they will lead to new discussions and visions for the future of Japan.
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Comme l'a déclaré Itô Teiji à propos de la difficulté de définir l'esthétique japonaise : « Le dilemme auquel nous sommes confrontés vient de ce que notre compréhension est intuitive et perceptuelle plutôt que rationnelle et logique. » De nombreux écrivains japonais privilégient dans la structure de leur travail une qualité d'indécision. Ce ne sont donc pas les hypothèses(...)
Traité d'esthétique japonaise
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Comme l'a déclaré Itô Teiji à propos de la difficulté de définir l'esthétique japonaise : « Le dilemme auquel nous sommes confrontés vient de ce que notre compréhension est intuitive et perceptuelle plutôt que rationnelle et logique. » De nombreux écrivains japonais privilégient dans la structure de leur travail une qualité d'indécision. Ce ne sont donc pas les hypothèses de l'« esprit qui contrôle » de l'auteur qui sont suivies mais, comme le dit l'expression japonaise, le pinceau lui-même. Le terme japonais zuihitsu, qu'on peut traduire par « essai », n'implique rien d'autre que cela : suivre le pinceau, l'autoriser à tenir les rênes. Par conséquent, il ne s'agit pas ici de s'escrimer pour arriver à des conclusions logiques. Nous chercherons plutôt à définir ces perceptions et variations de l'appréciation esthétique dans un style qui suggère le caractère très incertain de leur description.
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Ce « Vocabulaire de la spatialité japonaise » est le résultat d'un projet ambitieux, porté par le réseau franco-japonais Japarchi. Elaboré depuis une demi-douzaine d'années, il a réuni soixante-quatre auteurs, tous spécialistes du Japon ou Japonais eux-mêmes, et attachés à la question si fascinante et si particulière de la spatialité au Japon. L'ouvrage s'emploie à faire(...)
Vocabulaire de la spatialité japonaise
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Ce « Vocabulaire de la spatialité japonaise » est le résultat d'un projet ambitieux, porté par le réseau franco-japonais Japarchi. Elaboré depuis une demi-douzaine d'années, il a réuni soixante-quatre auteurs, tous spécialistes du Japon ou Japonais eux-mêmes, et attachés à la question si fascinante et si particulière de la spatialité au Japon. L'ouvrage s'emploie à faire partager au lecteur, par petites touches, sous forme de 199 courts textes, les notions-clefs de la culture japonaise de l'espace, de l'architecture, des jardins, du pavillon de thé, des temples, sanctuaires shintôs et palais, autant que des simples hameaux et maisons populaires, de la ville dense ou des quartiers animés, du mobilier jusqu'aux aménagements du territoire, des origines anciennes jusqu'aux développements les plus contemporains, de l'espace pictural aux avatars de l'urbanité.Chacune de ces notices invite à découvrir ou à comprendre mieux, à visiter sur le terrain les lieux et les monuments, les réalisations ou les dispositifs exemplaires, grâce notamment à une importante iconographie. Des indications savamment choisies « pour en savoir plus » permettent au lecteur de prolonger sa quête, et un ensemble d'index lui facilitent la consultation et conduisent sa recherche.
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This volume features eighteen new works by Japanese architects with a diverse range of functions and typologies, illustrated through numerous photos and drawings, and accompanied by detailed project data and descriptions. All of the projects are located in Japan, and include Ashikita Community Hall by Workstation, Ryuichi Ashizawa’s Ecoton Hotel in Biwa Lake, Shore House(...)
Frame: Details in Japan Architecture
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This volume features eighteen new works by Japanese architects with a diverse range of functions and typologies, illustrated through numerous photos and drawings, and accompanied by detailed project data and descriptions. All of the projects are located in Japan, and include Ashikita Community Hall by Workstation, Ryuichi Ashizawa’s Ecoton Hotel in Biwa Lake, Shore House by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, Lupicia Shiga Factory by Nobuaki Furuya/NASCA, Takeshi Yamagata Architects’ Chojyabashi Building, Narihana Restaurant by Amano Design Office, and more. Each explores how the device of the frame is applied in architecture.