Author: ISOZAKI, ARATA; MATSUMURA, YOSHIHARU; SPEIDEL, MANFRED; TAUT, BRUNO; GROPIUS, WALTER; TANGE, KENZO; DAL CO, FRANCESCO; PONCIROLI, VIRGINIA [EDITOR]; SADLEIR, RICHARD [EDITOR]
Title: Katsura: Imperial Villa
Description: Italy: Electa Architecture, 2005. First English Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 190431337x. 397 pages. Glossary. Selected Bibliography. Profusely illustrated, primarily with colour photography. Printed upon coated paper. "Severe protocol regulates visits to the Katsura Villa at Kyoto, property of the Emperor of Japan since the late nineteenth century, thus this complex offers a delicate, pristine fascination. This book opens with a photo-illustrated essay by Arata Isozaki, followed by an extraordinary photographic survey of the complex by Yoshiharu Matsumura. Next come almost two hundred plates of surveys of the buildings conducted since 1982. The book concludes with interpretations of the imperial villa and, more generally, of Japanese architecture made over the years by the great architects of past and present, from Bruno Taut, to Walter Gropius, Kenzo Tange and Mandred Speidel." - paraphrased from Introduction. Minimal library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. One-inch opening in cloth between foot of spine and front board. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this magnificent work.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Katsura Imperial Villa, Architecture - Japan, Kyoto - Architecture, Bruno Taut,. Fair in Good dust jacket .

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