Based on a lecture given at the Royal Academy in London in June, 1995, this polemic presents Japanese architect Arata Isozaki's view on island nation aesthetics. He argues for the origin of singularity of aesthetics as seen in the culture of Japan, especially in terms of space, design and traditional organization of life. Japan is an island nation, with an invisible boundary where the exterior automatically becomes the interior. Isozaki asks where the destruction of such conditions will lead Japan's aesthetics at the end of the 20th century?
- ISBN10 185490437X
- ISBN13 9781854904379
- Publish Date 11 April 1996
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 3 April 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Academy
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 64
- Language English