#books #architecture | Architectural guide Tokyo

Architectural guide Tokyo / Ulf Meyer

DOM, Berlin : 2010.

248 p. : il. col. 

ISBN 9783869221069

Materias:

Arquitectura -- Guías.

Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- Japón.

Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Japón.

Tokio (Japón)

Biblioteca Sbc Aprendizaje | Referencia A-(036)72(520) ARC

OPAC Millennium

The exotic and ultra-modern architecture of Japans capital city fascinates architecture aficionados all around the world. This new Tokyo architectural guide is an indispensable companion for anyone seeking to explore the architecture of one of the worlds largest and most complex cities. Two hundred of Tokyos most interesting buildings from the post-1945 era are introduced in pictures and informative texts. Historical photographs, plans, and several indices complete this practical and user-friendly guide, with maps making the buildings easy to locate. Includes a foreword by Professor Botond Bognar, who discusses the buildings described in the book in the context of East Asian architecture.

Architects: Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban, Peter Eisenman, Norman Foster, Herzog & de Meuron, Arata Isozaki, Toyo Ito, Kengo Kuma, Kisho Kurokawa, Fumihiko Maki, MVRDV, Jean Nouvel, Cesar Pelli, Renzo Piano, Kevin Roche, Richard Rogers, Aldo Rossi, SANAA, Skidmore, Owings, Merrill; Philippe Starck, Shin Takamatsu, Yoshio Taniguchi, Yoshiro Taniguchi, Rafael Vinoly and others...