FOBA/buildings

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Title:

FOBA/buildings

Author:

FOBA (Firm)

ISBN:

9781568985275

Corporate Author:

FOBA (Firm)

Publication Information:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

224 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Nesting: beyond objects to the bodily experience of space / It's not what it looks like / Clarity and complexity / Aura; Pleats; Porous; Strata; Skip; Stack; Organ; Myougei; Asphodel; Orient -- FOB homes: brand recognition / FOB homes typologies -- Prototypes in suburbia / FOB homes examples: F-House; H-House; T-House; K-House; I-house; F-Blanc; S-Blanc --

Abstract:

"FOBA has reached far beyond the aesthetics of minimalism in vogue with most other young, contemporary Japanese architects. FOBA: Buildings, the first monograph on this Kyoto-based firm, features ten projects of surprising range, with undulating lines, overlapping cubes, interpenetrating forms, and unexpected juxtapositions. Included in the monograph are Aura, whose gently curving planes glow serenely in the heart of chaotic Tokyo: Pleats, composed of interior boxes nested asymmetrically within its shell; Strata, a microcosm of the city created by the accumulation of seemingly disparate elements; and Stack, whose carefully misaligned volumes shape unexpected spaces.

This collection of FOBA's buildings reveals a spectrum of architecture that is as subtle and simple as it is inviting, provocative, inspired, and complex." "The book also chronicles the FOB Homes system, an unexpectedly individual and creative response to the generic mass-produced prefabricated housing available in Japan. With five basic prototypes that can be easily adapted to any site or client, FOB Homes redefines the concept of standardized housing as anything but standard. FOBA's simple, neutral white boxes counter the visual, chaos of contemporary Japan and offer the elegance and experience of "architecture" to the general public - the reunion of modernist aesthetics with the modernist ideology of democratic, affordable design."--Jacket.

Personal Subject:

Umebayashi, Katsu, 1963-

Umebayashi, Katsu, 1963- (OCoLC)fst01600775

Corporate Subject:

FOBA (Firm)

FOBA (Firme)

FOBA (Firm) (OCoLC)fst00793310

FOBA.

Subject Term:

Architecture -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.

Architecture -- Japon -- 20e siècle.

Architecture. (OCoLC)fst00813346

Architektur.

Geographic Term:

Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082

Genre:

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Added Author:

Umebayashi, Katsu, 1963-

Added Corporate Author:

FOBA (Firm)

Electronic Access:

ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10228747
MyiLibrary http://www.myilibrary.com?id=104280
SpringerLink http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=book&isbn=978-1-56898-527-5
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004029097.html
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2004029097-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/2004029097-d.html

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Pure. Minimal. Simple. These are the words commonly used to describe the work of contemporary Japanese architects. FOBA, an internationally celebrated architectural practice based in Kyoto, looks beyond the aesthetics of minimalism, instead finding inspiration in the relationships between structure and site. FOBA: Buildings , the first monograph on the decade-old firm, features ten projects of surprising range: undulating lines, overlapping cubes, interpenetrating forms, and unexpected pairings demonstrate a varied set of approaches to projects. The work is at times boldly expressionistic, and at others refreshingly austere.

The book also chronicles the FOB Homes systema FOBA subsidiary company established in 1999a uniquely creative response to the generic mass-produced pre-fabricated housing available in Japan. With five basic prototypes that can be easily adapted to any site or client, FOB Homes redefines the concept of standardized housing. Their simple, neutral white boxes counter the visual chaos of contemporary Japan and offer the elegance and experience of "architecture" to the general publica union of modernist aesthetics with the modernist ideology of democratic, affordable design.

Together, FOBA and FOB Homes offers a look into the architecture of tomorrow. FOBA: Buildings will be an inspirational sourcebook of ideas for those interested in innovative architecture with humane ideals.