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The Genius of Japanese Carpentry

The Genius of Japanese Carpentry Paperback / softback - 2021

by Azby Brown

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Genius of Japanese Carpentry tells the story of the 1200-year-old Yakushiji monastery in Nara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the dedicated modern-day craftsmen who are working to restore what has been lost to the depredations of
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  • Title The Genius of Japanese Carpentry
  • Author Azby Brown
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tuttle Publishing
  • Date 2021-11-09
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9784805316689_inp
  • ISBN 9784805316689 / 4805316683
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 11 x 8.4 x 0.5 in (27.94 x 21.34 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
    • Topical: Ecology

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Azby Brown is a native of New Orleans, and has lived in Japan since 1985. A widely published author and authority on Japanese architecture, design, and environment, his groundbreaking writings on traditional Japanese carpentry, compact housing, and traditional sustainable practices of Japan are recognized as having brought these fields to the awareness of Western designers and the general public. In addition to The Genius of Japanese Carpentry, he has written Small Spaces (1993), The Japanese Dream House (2001), The Very Small Home (2005), and Just Enough: Lessons in living green from traditional Japan (2010). He retired in 2017 from the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, where he founded the Future Design Institute, and is currently on the sculpture faculty of Musashino Art University in Tokyo.

Foreword writer Mira Locher is an architect and professor who works in the U.S. and Japan. She studied at Smith College before receiving her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania. After working for Team Zoo Atelier Mobile in Japan for seven years, she set up an architectural practice in the U.S. with Takayuki Murakami. Mira Locher is Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba (Canada). She is the author of Super Potato Design, Zen Gardens and Zen Garden Design.