Japan and the West

An Architectural Dialogue

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the recent histories of Western and Japanese architecture have been well recorded, they have rarely been interwoven. Based on extensive research, Japan and the West provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its present state without the other. It should be no surprise that Meiji architecture drew heavily upon Western precedents, or that Le Corbusier was strongly influenced by the Japanese minka. In considering these histories, this book demonstrates the mutual inter-dependence of both architectural cultures while, at the same time, acknowledging their differences.In conclusion, the book moves beyond style and structure to the Japanese concept of ma — the pause or the space between, and demonstrates how this concept has found a place in Western architecture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-06-13
Mått190 x 250 x 42 mm
Vikt2 002 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor472
FörlagLund Humphries Publishers Ltd
ISBN9781848222960

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Neil Jackson is an architect and architectural historian who holds the Charles Reilly Chair in the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool. He previously taught at the Universities of Leeds and Nottingham, and at the California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, California. He is currently a Professorial Research Associate in the Japanese Research Centre at SOAS (the School of African and Oriental Studies), University of London, and President of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. He has published widely on 19th and 20th-century architecture in Britain, America and Japan.

Prelude. Part I: Shogun. 1. the Chained Country; 2. The Japanese Ambassadors; 3. The Land of the Morning; Part II: Meiji. 4. The Japanese Pavilions; 5. The Art-Architects; 6. The Manners of the West; 7. The Western Architects; 8. The Japanese Architects; Part III: Taisho. 9. The Winds of Heaven; 10. The Shaken Reed; 11. The Principle of Evolution; Part IV: Showa. 12. The Artist Samurai; 13. The Presence of Le Corbusier; 14. The Pacific Rim; 15. The West and Japan