Katsura: Imperial VillaElecta, 2005 - 397 pages This book presents a detailed history of Katsura, the 17thcentury Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan that is a pivotal work of Japanese Architecture, often described as the "quintessence of Japanese taste". First revealed to the modern architectural world by Bruno Taut, the great German architect, in the early 20th century, Katsura stunned and then excited the architectural community of the West. Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, pillars of the Modernist establishment, were fascinated by Katsura's "modernity." They saw in its orthogonal and modular spaces, devoid of decoration, clear parallels to contemporary Modernism, going so far as to proclaim Katsura a "historical" example of Modernity. This book documents the palace in detail, combining newly commissioned photographs, detailed drawings, archival material and historical analysis. |
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... modern architecture had not yet matured , even in Europe . It was several years after World War I , when Gustav Platz wrote that European modern architecture derived from Japanese residences , and when Taut became active as an ...
... modern architecture had not yet matured , even in Europe . It was several years after World War I , when Gustav Platz wrote that European modern architecture derived from Japanese residences , and when Taut became active as an ...
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... modern and the national , and made them into a method- ology of contemporary architectural design . In 1942 and 1944 , he successively won first prizes in important competi- tions . Both of the projects evidently took shinden - zukuri ...
... modern and the national , and made them into a method- ology of contemporary architectural design . In 1942 and 1944 , he successively won first prizes in important competi- tions . Both of the projects evidently took shinden - zukuri ...
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... modern dwellings . He is apt to forget in his enthusiasm that the humid warmth of a Japanese summer demands the airiest of enclosures , and that only expensive insulation methods would offset the inherent disadvantages of the solid ...
... modern dwellings . He is apt to forget in his enthusiasm that the humid warmth of a Japanese summer demands the airiest of enclosures , and that only expensive insulation methods would offset the inherent disadvantages of the solid ...
Table des matières
Bruno Taut and the Katsura Villa | 319 |
Reflections on Katsura | 330 |
Architecture in Japan | 349 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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16 Maple aesthetic Amanohashidate Arata Isozaki architect aristocratic Bruno Taut building Central Gate century construction created culture Cycad Cycad Hill east East-west section elements Enshugonomi entrance floor front fusuma garden Gepparo Goten Gropius Hachijo Heian imperial court Imperial Gate Internal elevations Japan Japanese architecture Jomon Katsura Imperial Villa Katsura Palace Katsura River Katsura Villa Kenzo Tange kiwari Kobori Enshu Kohoan Koshoin Kyoto L-shaped Large Veranda Middle Shoin modern modernist Moon-Viewing Platform Music Pavilion North-south section Old Service Rooms Old Shoin Onrindo period Plan pond Prince Toshihito prior to restoration Rikyu roof Rooms 12 Servants samurai Second Room shelves shinden shinden-zukuri Shingoten shogunate Shoiken shoin-zukuri shoji Shokatei Shokintei Teahouse shrine space stones structure style sukiya Sumiyoshi Pine Sutemi Horiguchi Tale of Genji tatami Taut's tea ceremony teahouse tearoom temple tion tokonoma Tokugawa Tokyo Toshitada tradition tree Waiting Bench wall Western window wooden Yayoi zukuri