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Terms and conditions applyThe Contemporary Tea House: Japan's Top Architects Redefine a Tradition
Arata Isozaki, Tadao Ando and Terunobu Fujimori
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Format: Book
Pages: 134
Publisher: Kodansha International LTD
Date Published: Jul 2007
Stock Code: 61343
Binding: Hardback
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The tea house is one of Japan's most original and significant architectural formsa small, simple space for the tea ceremony that traditionally requires a hearth, straw-mat flooring and a low entrance.
Modern Japanese architects have found the challenge of redefining this highly formalised and constrained idiom almost impossible to resist. The Contemporary Tea House features20 works that reveal the way world-renowned Japanese architects approach this intriguing subject using materials as disparate as charcoal plastic and titanium. The participating architects are Arata Isozaki, Tadao Ando, Terunobu Fujimori, Hiroshi Hara and Kengo Kuma.
In his introduction Fujimori gives a historical overview of the tea ceremony and the tea house that puts the modern works in context. Isozaki, Ando and Fujimori then take a behind-the-scenes look at their works and the creative process. Hara and Kuma contributed captions and brief explanations of their pieces as well.
A number of owners use their buildings as a stage for the tea ceremony, while others enjoy them as spaces for meditation and reflection. There are even some who have discovered their tea houses are an optimal place to relax with a drink or a good book.
Directed at both the general reader and the specialist, this visually stunning book explores the works of these masters of modern Japanese architecture through superb photographs and informative drawings.
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