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The Japanese house : a tradition for contemporary architecture by Heino Engel (Heinrich Engel) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A serious book for anyone with an interest in the architecture of the Japanese house. A complex book with great substance. An introduction by Walter Gropius, one of the founders of the Bauhaus movement and pioneers of modern architecture, deems the importance of this book as a major contribution of bridging the gap between Western and Eastern approaches to architecture. The aut... A serious book for anyone with an interest in the architecture of the Japanese house. A complex book with great substance. An introduction by Walter Gropius, one of the founders of the Bauhaus movement and pioneers of modern architecture, deems the importance of this book as a major contribution of bridging the gap between Western and Eastern approaches to architecture. The author in his preface writes of the alienation and "emotional indifference to the forms created by science and technique." Japanese residential architecture, as a result, holds "instructive comparisons." Mentioned were four important unique and successful ways the architecture served important needs: an "intimate emotional relationship;" aesthetic meaning as a "pure expression of necessity"; "humanization"; and, "established an accord

Who reads The Japanese house : a tradition for contemporary architecture?

Author

Heino Engel (Heinrich Engel)

Publisher

CHarles E. Tuttle company

Published

1964

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804803045

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, Arts

Rating

5 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14