<p>Illustrated throughout. Covers folk architecture, the north and the south. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Map. Explores the integration of architecture, humans and the landscape in Italian hilltowns. 192p.</p>

Italian Hilltowns

Norman F. Carver

Documan Pr Ltd

<p>From timeless villages along the Inland Sea to primitive archetypes at Ise Shrine, from huge thatch-roofed farm houses near Kyoto to great manor houses in remote mountain towns, Japanese Folkhouses reveals an architecture of dramatic form, sophisticated space, and powerful structure. The 187 black &amp; white and color photographs together with old drawings and succinct commentary document this ancient tradition's superb integration of architecture, culture, and nature - as well as its remarkable relevance to contemporary architecture. Now, despite a robust history more than two thousand years' old, this important folk tradition is rapidly vanishing before the onslaught of twentieth century technology and social change. Japanese Folkhouses, the eagerly awaited third book in the continuing series on vernacular architecture by Norman F. Carver, Jr., follows the widely acclaimed earlier volumes, Italian Hilltowns and Iberian Villages. His previous book on Japan, Form and Space of Japanese Architecture (1955), now out of print, is a classic in its field and introduced new directions for architectural photography in Japan.</p>

Japanese Folkhouses

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

This book reveals an Angkor no longer available to the visitor. Here you will find an Angkor as ruins were meant to be experienced: silent, remote -- full of mystery, discovery and romance. It is an Angkor barely emerging from its jungle shroud.These images were made in 1964 well before the arrival of the tourist hordes that now clamber over every rock. And though clearing and archaeological restorations had begun many years before, the work until then concentrated largely on the larger structures, leaving many other fascinating temples in a natural, ruined state partially hidden in the forest - an environment so eloquently captured in these photographs.

Angkor

DOCUMAN PRESS+LTD

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Italian Hilltowns

Japanese Folkhouses

Angkor