From Shinto to Ando by Gunter Nitschke

From Shinto to Ando by Gunter Nitschke

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This thorough study of Japanese architecture is based on 30 years of field research by the author. It traces the imperial, religious and domestic architecture in connection with the rituals and rites of Japanese society from Shinto to the modern day in the form of architecture by Tadao Ando.

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From Shinto to Ando by Gunter Nitschke

This absorbing and well researched book traces in depth the ancient roots of Japanese sacred architecture and their relevance to architecture today, as exemplified particularly by the work of the contemporary Japanese architect Tadao Ando. It also provides an informative and fascinating insight into a subject that is worthy of meticulous attention.
Gunter Nitschke was born in Berlin, gaining degrees in architecture, town planning and Japanese from Germany. England and Japan respectively. His reputation has spread worldwide and in the past twenty years he has been the Lecturer in Theory and History of East Asian Architecture and Urbanism, first at Princeton University, then at MIT and since then at the Kyoto Seika University. Nitschke is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute in London and at present is the Director of the Private Institute for East Asian Architecture and Urbanism in Kyoto, which conducts and publishes theoretical and historical research as well as functioning as a consulting body for contemporary architectural and urban design. Nitschke has written profusely, with a number of essays appearing in Architectural Design. Bauwelt, Bauen & Wohnen, Daidalos, Kenchiku Bunke, Kyoto Journal and SD - Space Design amongst others. In 1991 Nitschke's major work The Architecture of the Japanese Garden. Right Angle and Natural Form, was published in three different languages.
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ISBN 13 9781854902894
ISBN 10 185490289X
Title From Shinto to Ando
Author Gunter Nitschke
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1993-10-15
Number of pages 1
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