Encounters and Positions: Architecture in Japan

Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world.This publication provides an overview of its many design concepts and cross-references. Using design examples and interviews, the book presents thirteen current positions.The publication focuses on young architects who take up extremely independent positions within Japanese architecture, as well as on Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and Fumihiko Maki. Six essays by European specialists on Japan provide supplementary insights into the aesthetics and space concepts of Japanese architecture, making cross-references to Japan?s architectural history, and explaining current lines of development. The book thus combines a self-reflective approach with an outsider?s analytical view. Additional ISBNs 9783035607178Encounters and Positions: Architecture in Japan 1st Edition and published by Birkh?user. ISBNs for Encounters and Positions are 9783035607154, 303560715X and the print ISBNs are 9783035608465, 3035608466. Additional ISBNs include 9783035607178.