FOBA/buildings
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Pure. Minimal. Simple. These are the words commonly used to describe the work of contemporary Japanese architects. FOBA, an internationally celebrated architectural practice based in Kyoto, looks beyond the aesthetics of minimalism, instead finding inspiration in the relationships between structure and site. ""FOBA: Buildings, "" the first monograph on the decade-old firm, features ten projects of surprising range: undulating lines, overlapping cubes, interpenetrating forms, and unexpected pair…
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- Full title :FOBA/buildings / essays, Katsu Umebayashi [and others].
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Pure. Minimal. Simple. These are the words commonly used to describe the work of contemporary Japanese architects. FOBA, an internationally celebrated architectural practice based in Kyoto, looks beyond the aesthetics of minimalism, instead finding inspiration in the relationships between structure and site. ""FOBA: Buildings, "" the first monograph on the decade-old firm, features ten projects of surprising range: undulating lines, overlapping cubes, interpenetrating forms, and unexpected pairings demonstrate a varied set of approaches to projects. The work is at times boldly expressionistic.
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- Publication Date:2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton Architectural Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (224 pages) : : chiefly color illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1568985274, 9781568985275, 1568986351, 9781568986357
- oclc:ocn191931006
- LC Classification:NA1559.F63
- Dewey Decimal:720/.92/2
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