#whatisjapanesearchitecture

[dmasonat-blog]

This weeks reading....albeit the reading was brief to say the least. 

Japanese architecture has interested me since the start of my architectural career nearly four years ago. My interest lies not just the aesthetics, but the connection of joints, the religious connotations and construction methods. 

It is a useful concise book of information with incredibly detailed, hand drawn illustrations helping the reader to understand the complexity of this type of construction. 

Chapters run from the “worship” ceremonies in architecture, “Daily Life” in residential and urban architecture through to “Battles” in the castles and towns of Japan. It also contains an architectural chronology that includes periods of important that occurred in the West as well as Japan.