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JGuide (The Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources) provides links to useful sites featuring Japanese gardening.
The feature explores the history and philosophy of landscape gardening in Japan as well as gardening in contemporary Japan. Japanese Gardens is a multi-part feature on Japanese landscape gardening with articles titled: Restraint and Refinement - Beauty in the Japanese Garden, Creating Gardens, Small Oases in Big City. Part of the online magazine Nipponia, a quarterly magazine about modern Japan. The page Japanese House describes a house and its contents. Part of the "Japanese Resources at Dartmouth," this web page presents the interior of a Japanese home and explains the proper etiquette of visiting a Japanese home.Ĭhichibu is a small Japanese city near Tokyo and Kid's Life in Chichibu attempts to help visitors "understand the 'real' Japan and Japanese people" through pictures and short descriptions. Includes photographs and a map of Himeji Castle. The articles explore form and function and touch on history as well as some individuals' modern-day interaction with castles. This multi-part feature on Japanese castles includes the following articles: Castle Builders and Admirers Himeji Castle, a World Heritage Site Famous Castles in Japan Their Hobby Is Castles and Feudal Atmosphere for Modern Cities. Consideration is also given to the relationship between climate and architectural styles. This feature explores the history and present of Kansai architecture through articles on Tea Rooms, modern minka (farmhouses), castles, Kyoto townhouses, and the measuring system used in Japanese architecture. This page, available at the Great Buildings site, gives a biography of the self-taught architect, a list of his works featured at the website as well as links to further resources.įrom the Kansai Window Web site. Tadao Ando is one of Japan's most world-renown modern architects. Background information and 'virtual tours' are included. This site provides a photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage with over 6100 photos of 433 sites in sixteen countries, including Japan. The site highlights historic buildings such as Himeji Castle and more modern buildings such as Kansai Airport Terminal Several temples, shrines and a modern cathedral are also featured. This site provides details and descriptions of specific Japanese buildings and profiles on the architects who designed them. Many of the articles are written from a designer or builder's point of view.
#Japan architect series#
JGC Corporation, a Japanese engineering company, presents a series of articles on ancient architecture and gardens. Japan Access touches on the architecture of the various historic periods, the design concept of Japanese architecture and the influences of Shinto and Buddhism as well as trends in modern architecture.
A clickable map leads visitors to choose profiles on 27 structures, including bridges, shrines and castles throughout Japan.Īrchitecture: A harmonious coexistence of tradition and innovation
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