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The Japanese government also invited foreign architects to both work in Japan and teach new Japanese architects. One of these, the British architect Josiah Conder went on to train many of the most prominent of the Japanese Meiji era architects, including Kingo Tatsuno, Tatsuzō Sone and Tokuma Katayama.
Japan has more than 300 high-rise buildings above 150 m (490 ft). [1] Unlike China, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia with skyscrapers exceeding 400 m (1,300 ft) in height, Japan's skyscrapers are relatively shorter. All buildings above 50 m (160 ft) must also be as earthquake-proof as possible and adhere to other strict structural standards.
C. List of National Treasures of Japan (castles) Chiiori; Chinjusha; List of Cultural Properties of Japan – structures (Ehime) List of Cultural Properties of Japan – structures (Gunma)
Arata Isozaki: Isozaki was born on July 23, 1931, in Kyushu, Japan. He studied architecture at the University of Tokyo. In 1963 he opened up his own studio and was the leading architect during the postwar period in Japan. Isozaki's first building he worked on was the Ōita Prefectural Library (1966). [6] Kenzo Tange: Tange was born on September ...
Japanese-Western Eclectic Architecture (Japanese: 和洋折衷建築, Hepburn: Wayō Se'chū Kenchiku) is an architectural style that emerged from the Eclecticism in architecture movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, which intentionally incorporated Japanese architectural and Western architectural components into one building design.
The following is a chronological list of notable Japanese architects Pre Meiji period, Meiji period (1868–1911), Taishō Period (1912–1925), Shōwa Period (1926 ...
Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born in China. [1] After Buddhism arrived from the continent via the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the 6th century, an effort was initially made to reproduce the original buildings as faithfully as possible, but gradually local versions of continental ...
Partitions in traditional Japanese architecture (10 P) T. Torii (5 P) Pages in category "Japanese architectural features" The following 49 pages are in this category ...