9780714862545: Katsura Imperial Villa
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{"authorDescription":"Introduction by Arata Isozaki plus essays by Manfred Speidel, Bruno Taut, Walter Gropius, Kenzo Tange and Francesco Dal Co","bookshot2d":null,"bookshot3d":null,"bookshot3dSquare":null,"categories":[],"date":"","editionId":70883,"guid":"342b18a2-3ce1-48a1-869c-08187b7ae8f6","images":[],"markets":{"AUD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"59.95","show":false},"CAD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"55.00","show":false},"EUR":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"49.95","show":false},"GBP":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"29.95","show":false},"TEST":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"0.00","show":false},"USD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"49.95","show":false}},"related":[],"sku":"9780714862545","source":"BOOKs","specifications":{"binding":"Paperback","colIlls":"197","extent":"402","language":"English","lenInch":"11","lenMm":"280","weightKilo":"1.6","widthInch":"9 7/8","widthMm":"250"},"status":false,"subtitle":" ","title":"Katsura Imperial Villa","uri":"","webAuthorDescription":"Arata Isozaki (b.1931) is one of the most important living Japanese architects today. After spending nine years working as an apprentice for Kenzo Tange, he went on to establish his own firm in 1963. Since then, he has earned a reputation across the globe for his notable buildings in Europe, America and Asia and was awarded the RIBA gold medal in 1986. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eManfred Speidel (b.1938) graduated from the University of Stuttgart Department of Architecture in 1965 and is a leading authority on Bruno Taut. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBruno Taut (1880–1938) was a German-born architect and theorist who visited Katsura in the 1930s and was one of the first to champion the complex as a precursor of modern architecture. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWalter Gropius (1883–1969) was chairman of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design from 1937–52 and was a founder of the Bauhaus. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eKenzo Tange (1913–2005) was one of Japan’s foremost architects and was the winner of the 1987 Ptitzker Architecture Prize. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFrancesco Dal Co (b.1945) is Professor of Architectural History at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice.","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"A detailed history of Katsura, the seventeenth-century\r\nImperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan, a pivotal work of Japanese\r\narchitecture, often described as the 'quintessence of Japanese taste'.\r\nFirst revealed to the modern architectural world by Bruno Taut, the\r\ngreat German architect, in the early twentieth-century, Katsura stunned\r\nand then excited the architectural community of the West. Le Corbusier\r\nand Walter Gropius, pillars of the Modernist establishment, were\r\nfascinated by Katsura's 'modernity'. This book documents the palace in detail, combining newly\r\ncommissioned photographs, detailed drawings, archival material, and\r\nhistorical analysis.","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;A sumptuous new book... Beautifully designed and lavishly produced... Yoshiharu Matsumura's splendid photographs allow a virtual guided tour leaving no detail uncovered. One can work through every well-proportioned reception room, admire the fine woodwork and almost touch the magnificent bamboo fences enclosing the garden.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eBuilding Design\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;A stunningly beautiful and minutely detailed portrait of the 16th century Katsura villa in Kyoto.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eIcon\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","webShortDescription":"A\r\ncomprehensive illustrated study of the Katsura Imperial\r\nVilla."}