Place Time and Being in Japanese Architecture

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Place Time and Being in Japanese Architecture

Author	: Kevin Nute
File Size	: 47,5 Mb
Publisher	: Psychology Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 03 December 2023
ISBN	: 0419240101
Pages	: 170 pages

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Place Time and Being in Japanese Architecture by Kevin Nute Book PDF Summary

"In addition to highlighting the human benefits of built environments which relate to particular place, time and being, many of the Japanese buildings examined illustrate practical strategies for revealing these universal parameters which are equally applicable beyond Japan. It is suggested that wider use of some of these approaches could not only help to sustain both environmental and cultural identities against the homogenising effects of globalisation, but also has the potential to heighten our appreciation of the peculiar condition of being here now."--Jacket.

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