The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture: 1868 To the Present

Stewart, David B.

ISBN 10: 0870118447 / ISBN 13: 9780870118449

Published by Kodansha USA Inc, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture: 1868 To the Present
• Publisher: Kodansha USA Inc
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870118447
• ISBN 13: 9780870118449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Traces the development of Japanese architecture, looks at the influence of traditional styles, and discusses the interaction of technology and architecture

About the Author

David B. Stewart was born in Washington, D.C., and educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania and London. He has taught in Japan as Visiting Foreign Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology since 1975. Before that, he was a member of the editorial staff of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui, in Paris, and has also worked as archivist for an international agency with headquarters in Paris and Washington. He was trained as an architectural historian at the Courtauld Institute of the University of London by the late Professor Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, under whose supervision he earned his Ph.D.