Katsura Villa - The Ambiguity of its Space

Arata Isozaki & Osamu Sato

Published by Rizzoli, Leipzg: Lomdon & New York, 1987

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KATSURA VILLA - The Ambiguity of its Space ( Space and Form ). text by Arata Isozaki, notes to the plates by Osamu Sato, Chronology by Osamu Sato and photographs by world-renowned photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto. First English Edition 1987. KATSURA VILLA is undoubtedly the most constant object of study and allure in the modernist movement of JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE. Spanning the life times of two imperial princes, the Katrura Palace and environs were erected through the early and mid 1600s. Having emerged at the crossroads of two great styles in the history of Japanese Architecture, Katsura is a monumental mixture of design types, a complex web of textures intermingled over space and time. Over 200 illustration, 192 in color. Notes from the dust-jacket.

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Title: Katsura Villa - The Ambiguity of its Space
Publisher: Rizzoli, Leipzg: Lomdon & New York
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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