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.

Italian Hilltowns

Norman F. Carver

Documan Pr Ltd

Hardback book with dust jacket titled JAPANESE FOLKHOUSES by Norman Carver,Jr.

Japanese Folkhouses

Carver, Norman F.

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.

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Silent Cities of Mexico and the Maya

Travel

Mexico

collectible; signed by author; travel

North African Villages: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia (World Folk Architecture Series)

This groundbreaking book, first published in the 1950's & long out-of-print, has been greatly expanded with more than 100 new photographs superbly printed from all new laser-scanned plates. Not a historical survey, the book illuminates principles underlying traditional Japanese architecture's elegant forms & lyrical spaces with examples from renowned palaces to obscure temples --documented during Carver's years in Japan. Reviewing the first edition of FORM & SPACE IN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE, critics wrote, "Carver teaches through his camera how to see Japanese architecture from an angle quite new & different...he shows the oldest is akin to the newest"; "...his fresh sense makes even we Japanese find new ways of looking at Japanese architecture which has escaped most people --there is almost no other book of its kind." Architect Walter Gropius called it "outstanding, particularly as a stimulation for the contemporary architect...an extraordinary collection of photographs...of all the books it has the best understanding of what I believe to be Japanese architecture." Norman Carver, Jr. also produces the acclaimed series on world vernacular architecture, including ITALIAN HILLTOWNS, IBERIAN VILLAGES, SILENT CITIES OF MEXICO & THE MAYA, NORTH AFRICAN VILLAGES, & JAPANESE FOLKHOUSES. Orderline (800) 542-2772.

Form and Space in Japanese Architecture and Gardens

Arts & Photography

Carver, Norman

Architecture

224 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. First ed. published in 1955 as: Form and space of Japanese architecture.

Form and Space in Japanese Architecture

These remarkable photographs document what may be the most influential townss in history - towns that have beguiled travelers, architects, and painters for centuries - towns so human they are the standard against which other cities in the modern world are now measured.

Europe

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Italian Hilltowns

Japanese Folkhouses

Japanese Folkhouses

Silent Cities of Mexico and the Maya

Silent Cities of Mexico and the Maya

North African Villages: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia (World Folk Architecture Series)

Form and Space in Japanese Architecture and Gardens

Form and Space in Japanese Architecture

Italian Hilltowns

Italian Hilltowns