Zen Spaces & Neon Places by Vinayak Bharne
This volume reveals how Japan's culture has changed and contributed to the Japanese built environment - from historic buildings, post-industrialist cities, monastic gardens and modern landscapes, to the contemplative tea huts.
Bharne, Vinayak: - Vinayak Bharne is Director of Design at Moule & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists in Pasadena, California, and a joint faculty member of urbanism at the Sol Price School of Public Policy and the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California. His professional work ranges from new towns, inner?city revitalization, campuses, resort?villages and housing for corporate, private and institutional clients, to urban regulations, policies and strategic advising for government and non?government agencies in the United States, Canada, India, United Arab Emirates, Panama, Kenya and Mauritius. Vinayak's projects have received numerous local and national awards, which include the United States Environmental Protection Agency's 2013 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement, and the 2011 American Planning Association (California Chapter) Planning Excellence in Implementation Award--both for the Main Street Transformation in Lancaster, California--and two Charter Awards from the Congress for the New Urbanism - for the Del Mar Station Apartments in Pasadena, and the Don Ana Plaza Reconstruction in New Mexico. Vinayak's academic research focuses on contemporary urban issues in Asia. Specific topics include the nexus of public policy and the global water crisis, the urbanism of informal, appropriated and impoverished landscapes, and the evolving urbanities of sacred territories and cities. A frequently invited speaker at national and international planning conferences, he currently serves as a contributing editor of Kyoto Journal in Japan, contributing blogger of the planning webzine Planetizen in Los Angeles, expert commentator in the think tank The Urban Vision in India, Resource Council member at the Form Based Codes Institute in Chicago, and Advisory Board member of the international nonprofit Global Urban Development.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781941806067 |
| ISBN 10 | 1941806066 |
| Title | Zen Spaces & Neon Places |
| Author | Vinayak Bharne |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oro Editions |
| Year published | 2014-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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