The Japanese house
Subtitle: architecture and life after 1945
By: edited by Pippo Ciorra and Florence Ostende
Contributors: Barbican Art Gallery; Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (Italy); Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences
Publisher: Barbican Art Gallery; MAXXI; Marsilio Editori
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9788831725767
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Exhibitions; History
Description: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Japanese House: architecture & life after 1945,' this catalogue contains a vast selection of photographs, drawings, projects and analyses offering a comprehensive overview of Japanese residential architecture from the post-war period to the present day. 13 thematic sections present different aspects of the research, documenting the work of archistars such as Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Kenso Tange, the contributions of architects less well known outside Japan and the experimentation of the younger generations. In parallel, essays by the curators and by Hiuroyasu Fujiola and Kenjiro Hosaka, along with biographies of all the architects, painstakingly map the country's domestic architecture"--
Notes: First published in 2016 by Marsilio Editori in association with Barbican Art Gallery, London and MAXXI, National Museum of the 21st Century Art, Rome on the occasion of the exhibition The Japanese house: architecture and life after 1945, held at MAXXI, November 9, 2016-February 26, 2017, and at the Barbican, March 23, 2017-June 25, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A history of the individual house in modern Japan  -- Hiroyasu Fujioka; title: 'I love Japanese culture'  -- Pippo Ciorra; title: Architecture and life :; title: human agency and forms of living in the Japanese house  -- Florence Ostende; title: Why houses? -- Kenjiro Hosaka.