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In Praise of shadows in Western architecture?

侘寂 (wabi-sabi)

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Wabi-sabi (侘寂 ) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience. The phrase comes from the two words wabi and sabi. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" (according to Leonard Koren in his book Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers). It is a concept derived from the Buddhist assertion of the Three marks of existence (三法印 ,sanbōin), specifically impermanence (無常 ,mujō). Note also that the Japanese word for rust, 錆 is also pronounced sabi (the borrowed Chinese character is different, but the word itself is of assumed common etymology), and there is an obvious semantic connection between these concepts.

Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, asperity, simplicity, modesty, intimacy, and suggest a natural process.

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Book #002 - Thinking Architecture : Peter Zumthor

March 17th, 2009 through March 30th, 2009

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In order to design a building with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction. In these essays Peter Zumthor expresses his motivation in designing buildings, which speak to our emotions and understanding in so many ways, and possess a powerful and unmistakable presence and personality.

This book, whose first edition has been out of print for years, has been expanded to include three new essays: "Does Beauty Have a Form?,” "The Magic of the Real,” and "Light in the Landscape.” It has been freshly illustrated throughout with new color photographs of Zumthor’s new home and studio in Haldenstein, taken specially for this edition by Laura Padgett, and received a new typography by Hannele Grönlund.

Book #001 - In Praise of Shadows : Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

March 2nd 2009 through March 16th 2009

In Praise of Shadows (陰翳礼讃 ,In'ei Raisan?) is the title of a short book on aesthetics by the Japanese author and novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was translated to English more than 40 years later by Japanese literature academics, Thomas Harper and Edward Seidensticker.