{"product_id":"japanese-creativity-9783868595086","title":"Japanese Creativity","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat lies at the root of Japanese creativity and its architectural \nartifacts? In his new book, the Japanese architect Yuichiro Edagawa \nexplores this question in detail. By analyzing a wide variety of unique \nexemplary buildings from the sixth century to the present, he determines\n twelve distinctive characteristics of Japanese architectural creativity\n and composition, including: intimacy with nature, importance of \nmaterials, bipolarity and diversity, asymmetry, devotion to small space,\n and organic form. The key understanding, which pervades all these \ncharacteristics, is that “parts precede the whole.” The Japanese process\n of creation begins with designing parts and details and ends with \ncombining them to one edifice.\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eJapanese Creativity—Contemplations on Japanese Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e\n Edagawa provides a personal and comprehensive understanding of Japanese\n creativity and the architectural process. The book gives us an \ninspiring insight into Japanese culture and identity, which in its \nessence is deeply traditional and modern at the same time. \u003cbr\u003eWith a \npreface by Kengo Kuma.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yuichiro Edagawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48279088464123,"sku":"9783868595086","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9783868595086.jpg?v=1772490618","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/japanese-creativity-9783868595086","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}