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Kisho Kurokawa : from metabolism to symbiosis.

Title: Kisho Kurokawa : from metabolism to symbiosis.
Author: Kurokawa, Kishō, 1934-2007.
Publication: London : Academy Editions ; New York, NY : St Martin's Press, 1992.

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Description

311 pages : illustrations (some color); 34 cm

Summary

Kisho Kurokawa is one of the most prolific Japanese architects working today. This richly illustrated volume presents the full extent of his work all over the world, using analytical drawings showing the design process within the work, whilst Kurokawa's writings expound the theories which have influenced his architecture over many years. Kurokawa traces his aesthetic and philosophical development from Metabolism, a movement which he founded in 1960, through Metamorphosis to Symbiosis, which he sees as the keynote of the nineties. These biological terms express the underlying themes of his work: adaptation and change, nervous systems, intermediate zones, ambiguity and hidden order themes that are the characteristics of life itself. As society moves from the machine age to the age of life, these organic concepts become increasingly relevant. It is an age in which Japan, no longer dominated by the logocentric, binomial mentality of the West, will play an important part. -- from book jacket.

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Genre/Form

Architectural drawings
History

ISBN

1854901192
9781854901194
0312078935
9780312078935

LCCN

94164467

OCLC

ocm27080782
27080782
SCSB-1963967

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Princeton University Library